
Murder on the Island: Who Killed Byron Carr?
Episode 222: On Sunday, November 12,1988 beloved 36-year-old high school teacher named Byron Carr was found by his family dead in the bedroom of his home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He’d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron’s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words “I will kill again.” Investigators revealed that Byron was a closeted gay man, and had been involved in a consensual sexual encounter with an as yet unidentified man prior to his death. It is presumed that it was this man who killed Byron. No one has ever been brought to justice in Byron’s death.Anyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.Promo:Crimes from the EastSources:Homicides | Charlottetown Police ServicesPEI Crime Stoppers - HomicidesCharlottetown police reopen 1980s murder case | CBC NewsSkimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC NewsCharlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWireByron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca‘Give this family closure’: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC NewsUnsolved Case Files Canada: Murder of Byron Carr After Sexual Encounter With Another MaleCold case, warm memories: Byron Carr’s friends, family want his 1988 P.E.I. murder solved | SaltWireOn the hunt | SaltWireBrad MacConnell Named New Chief of Police | Charlottetown Police Servicesr/PEI: Byron Carr r/UnresolvedMysteries: Byron CarrCANADA — Canada — Byron Carr, 36, Schoolteacher — Nov’ 88 | WebsleuthsReader’s Digest: Canada’s Most Notorious Cold CasesPublic Attitudes toward Homosexuality — Tom W. SmithTIMELINE | Same-sex rights in Canada | CBC NewsLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada | The Canadian EncyclopediaLGBT+ Pride 2021 Global Survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Canada toward LGBT+ individuals | IpsosR. v. MacDonald, 2004 CanLII 9284 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1h09c>Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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Show Notes
Episode 222: On Sunday, November 12,1988 beloved 36-year-old high school teacher named Byron Carr was found by his family dead in the bedroom of his home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He’d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron’s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words “I will kill again.” Investigators revealed that Byron was a closeted gay man, and had been involved in a consensual sexual encounter with an as yet unidentified man prior to his death. It is presumed that it was this man who killed Byron. No one has ever been brought to justice in Byron’s death.
Anyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.
Promo: Crimes from the East
Sources:
Homicides | Charlottetown Police Services
PEI Crime Stoppers - Homicides
Charlottetown police reopen 1980s murder case | CBC News
Skimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC News
Charlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWire
Byron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News
2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca
‘Give this family closure’: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC News
Unsolved Case Files Canada: Murder of Byron Carr After Sexual Encounter With Another Male
Cold case, warm memories: Byron Carr’s friends, family want his 1988 P.E.I. murder solved | SaltWire
Brad MacConnell Named New Chief of Police | Charlottetown Police Services
r/UnresolvedMysteries: Byron Carr
CANADA — Canada — Byron Carr, 36, Schoolteacher — Nov’ 88 | Websleuths
Reader’s Digest: Canada’s Most Notorious Cold Cases
Public Attitudes toward Homosexuality — Tom W. Smith
TIMELINE | Same-sex rights in Canada | CBC News
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
R. v. MacDonald, 2004 CanLII 9284 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1h09c>
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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