Toronto police are calling for witnesses in a six-month-old homicide case after discovering new information about a vehicle linked to the crime.
Edwin Villon, 33, was found shot to death on the front lawn of an Etobicoke building at 15 Midden Crescent, near The Westway and Martin Grove Road, on the morning of Sept. 16, 2012. Around the time of his death, Mr. Villon was driving a 1998 Nissan Pathfinder, which police say was stolen by the suspect shortly after the shooting and found burned two days later in the neighbouring city of Markham, around Steeles Avenue and Sewells Road.
Sgt. Pauline Gray said witnesses might have seen the Pathfinder near Pearson International Airport during the early afternoon of Sept. 17. The vehicle had distinctive tires and expensive rims that would have made it more easily identifiable.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that there’s more than one person out there that saw it, given the parameters of that actual day,” Sgt. Gray said. “A beautiful, sunny day; no reason why someone wouldn’t remember seeing this vehicle.”
Police are asking possible witnesses to come forward with any information they may have about the Pathfinder and who was driving it.
The suspect in Mr. Villon’s shooting has been described as white, 30 to 40 years old, around six feet tall and between 180 and 200 pounds.