May 18th 2024.
Canadian authorities revealed on Friday that they have made a significant breakthrough in a decades-old case involving the deaths of four young women. It has been confirmed that these tragic murders are linked to a now-deceased fugitive from the United States, Gary Allen Srery, who had been hiding in Canada for over two decades.
Superintendent Dave Hall of the Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police held a press conference in Edmonton to announce the latest developments in the case. He stated that there is a possibility that Srery may also be responsible for other unsolved murders and sexual assaults in Western Canada. As a result, authorities are urging the public to come forward with any information that may connect Srery to other cold cases.
"We are now able to confirm that we have linked four previously unsolved homicides from the 1970s to a now-deceased serial offender," Superintendent Hall announced.
It was discovered that Srery, who passed away in 2011 while serving a life sentence for sexual assault, was the perpetrator of the four Canadian cases. The breakthrough came when DNA evidence was compared to profiles on ancestry websites, leading to a match with Srery.
Superintendent Hall provided details on the four cases that were linked to Srery. In 1976, 14-year-olds Eva Dvorak and Patricia McQueen were last seen walking together in downtown Calgary and were later found dead under a highway underpass. In the same year, 20-year-old Melissa Rehorek moved to Calgary for new opportunities and was found murdered after hitchhiking. In 1977, 19-year-old Barbara MacLean was found dead after leaving a hotel bar.
At the time, authorities were unable to determine a cause of death for Dvorak and McQueen, but Rehorek and MacLean's deaths were attributed to strangulation. Although semen was collected from all four crime scenes, there was no technology available to match it to DNA at the time.
Had Srery been alive today, he would have been 81 years old. He had an extensive criminal record, including forcible rape, kidnapping, and burglary, and fled to Canada from California in 1974. He lived illegally in Canada for over two decades until his arrest for sexual assault in 1998. During his time in Canada, Srery used nine different aliases and frequently changed his appearance, residence, and vehicles in order to evade authorities.
According to Alberta RCMP Inspector Breanne Brown, Srery obtained illegal identification and social assistance through his many aliases and lived a transient lifestyle. He briefly worked as a cook in Calgary and then in Vancouver before being arrested and convicted for sexual assault in 1998. Srery was later deported to the US in 2003, where he was convicted of sexually motivated crimes and sentenced to life in prison.
"We believe that Srery's crimes spanned over multiple jurisdictions and aliases," Inspector Brown stated. "We are appealing to the public to come forward with any information that may help us further understand Srery's timeline in Canada and bring closure to other potential victims."
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