ABSTRACT

On January 23, 1995, an appeal by Guy Paul Morin against his conviction for murder in July 1992 was allowed by the Ontario Court of Appeal, and a verdict of acquittal was entered. Guy Paul Morin was twenty-five years old at the time and lived at home with his parents. As the Durham Police Force investigation proceeded through the winter months of 1985, Guy Paul Morin was interviewed several times. The search and investigation continued fruitlessly until December 31, 1984, when a resident of Durham Region out for a walk in a rural area discovered a partially decomposed body in an isolated area off Ravenshoe Road, thirty-five miles east of Queensville. This was in the jurisdiction of the Durham Regional Police Force, which had been formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of seven smaller forces, and they took charge of the investigation.