News Release
SIU Continues Investigation into Incident in Peterborough County
Case Number: 07-PCD-246
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On Sunday December 9, 2007, Durham Regional Police Service officers were following a silver Acura SUV in relation to an attempted homicide that occurred in London. At 4:45 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from the Peterborough County detachment were called to assist as the SUV traveled north on Highway #115 into the OPP's Peterborough County area.
The SUV went over a police spike belt south of Hwy #7A and continued traveling northbound on Hwy #115. Shortly afterwards, the SUV went into a ditch. OPP officers approached the car and found a man and woman inside the car. Both of them appeared to be suffering from gunshot wounds. They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
The female has been identified as Angela Sedore, 40-years-old of London, Ontario. The name of the man will not be released at this time pending notification of next-of-kin.
A post-mortem examination was scheduled for both deceased today in Toronto.
The SIU is appealing for anyone who witnessed this incident to contact the Lead Investigator at 416-622-2038 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2038.
If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations