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Fatal Downtown Stabbing | Keith Goddard
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added July 2

Minutes after Canada Day fireworks lit the sky, blood covered the sidewalk in front of the Edmonton Transit stop near Telus Plaza as a 42-year-old man was stabbed to death, becoming Edmonton's fourteenth murder victim of 2009.

added June 27

Police have issued second-degree murder arrest warrants for two men and a teenager in connection with Edmonton's thirteenth homicide of the year after 23-year-old Keith Goddard died of apparent stab wounds suffered during a house party.

added June 25

Local historian Lawrence Herzog writes about Edmonton Mayors 1910 to 1920 and Celebrating 100 Years of Powered Flight.

updated June 18

Police have charged a 16-year-old male with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 39-year-old Curtis Todd Osterlund.

added June 18

Local historian Lawrence Herzog writes about Edmonton's First Mayors of the 20th Century and Turning Trash Into Treasure.

added June 13

Police are investigating Edmonton's twelfth homicide of 2009 after 39-year-old Curtis Todd Osterlund died of an apparent stab wound suffered in a north-end school parking lot attack.

added June 11

Local historian Lawrence Herzog writes about Edmonton's 19th Century Mayors and Travelling Along History Road.

added June 4

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about The William Fraser Residence and History On Display.

added June 1

A careless driving investigation initiated by Edmonton police has led to the discovery by Strathcona RCMP of the dead bodies of Baldur "Barry" Boenke and Susan Trudel on a property east of Ardrossan. Two 14-year-old teens, already under provincial care, were charged in connection with the double homicide.

added May 29

The latest Edmonton radio ratings are in and they show local audiences in a state of mood swing – that's good news for some and worrying for others.

updated May 15

A final chapter has closed in the story of convicted St. Albert child-rapist Anton Paul Rapati with charges being stayed by the Crown prosecutor's office. Ironically, the charges stem from accusations made by the man whose family helped RCMP snare Rapati after he spent fifteen years in hiding.

added May 10

A provincial watchdog team is investigating after 36-year-old Shawn Michael Price was shot dead by Edmonton police after he allegedly tried to grab an officer's gun.

added April 26

A man whose body was discovered in an east end park is Edmonton's tenth murder victim of 2009, the fourth in five days. 20-year-old Mahamed Farah Khalif had just moved to the city from Hamilton, Ontario.

added April 25

A brawl over a girl between teens armed with baseball bats and knives resulted in 17-year-old male becoming Edmonton's ninth murder victim of 2009. A 16-year-old male was charged with second-degree murder.

added April 23

A businessman protecting his family against a man with a gun became Edmonton's eighth murder victim of the year after an apparent armed robber entered a health spa in Mill Woods. After the fatal wounding of 44-year-old Duane Albert McArthur, 18-year-old Pierre Kabema Ilunga went into a nearby liquor store, took a swig from a bottle of vodka, saw police and shot himself.

added April 22

An autopsy has determined the suspicious death of 64-year-old Treana Theresa Carlson to be Edmonton's seventh homicide of 2009 – the first in two months. Police charged a 50-year-old man with first-degree murder.

added April 3

The latest Edmonton radio ratings are in and the big news is not who came in first but who came in second: CBC Radio. Mystery surrounds the disappearance of the rock audience, and the countdown is on for the arrival of Personal People Meters and the debut of four new stations on the already-crowded local dial.

added March 28

After five months of waiting, Michael White learned that an appeal to have his conviction overturned and be granted a new trial was denied. After getting the call from his lawyer telling him the bad news, White called an Edmonton crime reporter and gave an exclusive interview.

added March 23

Richard Lee McNair, a convicted killer who escaped U.S. prisons three times (once by mailing himself out), has written to Edmonton crime reporter Byron Christopher a third time. McNair's 22-page letter is almost a manual on how to live a life on the run, detailing the various techniques he used to stay one step ahead of the law.

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