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Trevor James Greenway, 26, was shot dead on October 11th, 2011.

Greenway was Edmonton's forty-first homicide victim of the year.

Case status is open and active.

Early October 11th, 2011, the bodies of 36-year-old Jason Trundle and 26-year-old Trevor James Greenway were found in a running SUV parked in a cemetery on Edmonton's southern edge. Both men had been shot.

More details about the investigation can be read here.

Greenway's family shied away from reporters.

A relative in Lloydminster, contacted by the Edmonton Sun, would only say: "I don't think there will ever be a time when I wish to discuss this with anybody."

Friends remembered the slain man as a stand-up guy who was on track to turning his life around – a life documented in court records which revealed he had been in jail for most of his adulthood.

On October 24th, 2004, 19-year-old Greenway had spent the night drinking in a Drayton Valley bar. Then he finished a nearly-full bottle of vodka before driving off in a stolen pickup truck.

Conditions were icy out on Highway 22 when Greenway, rolling along at about 110 km/h, pulled into the oncoming lane and crashed into a car driven by 55-year-old Robin Stuhl.

Both vehicles caught fire. Stuhl was pinned in his vehicle and could not be rescued.

Passersby broke a window of the flaming truck and freed Greenway. He was burned so badly officers couldn't take his fingerprints and his blood alcohol level could not be accurately calculated. Police also alleged Greenway punched an ambulance worker at the scene.

He later pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and possession of stolen property. In December 2005, he was sentenced to three years in prison.

Greenway, now 24, was arrested on January 15th, 2009, for possessing of two ounces of cocaine.

Greenway was then sought after a man was attacked in an alley behind a bar in Lloydminster on March 22nd, 2009. Greenway fled before RCMP arrived and an arrest warrant was issued, listing charges of assault, aggravated assault, and breach of conditions.

On August 27th 2009, Greenway was sentenced to two years in custody for possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

He was also sentenced to nine months of concurrent time for the March assault, and 30 days for failing to comply with conditions of release when he was not home for a curfew check on June 20th, 2009.

Additionally, Greenway was handed a 10-year firearms prohibition.

When Greenway reached his statutory release date in late 2010, the National Parole Board noted Greenway had not completed programming to address substance abuse (both alcohol and drugs were described as playing an "integral role" in his crimes).

This led the parole board to impose conditions, ordering Greenway to abstain from drugs and have no contact with people known to be part of the "drug/criminal subculture."

Whether a return to that subculture played a part in his death in south Edmonton remained a question.

While friends set up a, R.I.P Trevor Greenway - 1985-2011 Facebook tribute page, it remained a closed group.

It was through media interviews that friends revealed what they wanted to share publicly about their loss. Some asked not to be named.

A best friend knew there was something wrong when Greenway hadn't returned text messages or calls after the Thanksgiving long weekend, and then failed to show up for work.

The friend began to fear the worst when he learned Greenway's mother and sister had been called to Edmonton to identify a body.

Greenway and the friend first met at a gym in Lloydminster a few years before and started to hang out together, often talking about women.

"He was nothing but a nice guy to me. I never had a friend that looks out for another friend as much as he did," the man said.

"He always took care of his friends and made sure everybody got home safe. We talked almost every day."

Another man who had hung out with Greenway was his cousin, Joel French. After growing up in Lloydminster, French had moved to Edmonton. A chance meeting at a Boston Pizza back in his old home town brought the two together again. Greenway was with a large group of friends.

"He was just talking to me about starting to turn his life around," French said. "He had trouble holding a job before, but had just gotten a steady job."

French said despite a troubled past Greenway now regretted, the man was always sincere.

"He was a guy that was really about family and friends," French said.

Friend Aimee Oliver said Greenway appeared to be on the right track after his release from prison in late 2010. She had known Greenway for about 10 years and found him to be an entirely different person after his latest incarceration.

"It's heartbreaking knowing Trevor was almost there," she said. "From what I knew, everything was going good. He was totally on a clean path."

While Oliver said Greenway appeared focused on a "hard-working life, kids and the whole works," she couldn't be certain if he had managed to cut all the ties to his past.

"Everyone is still kind of wondering what happened," she said.

"I've never known someone to genuinely care for his friends the way Trevor did," Nikita Stannard said.

"He treated each and every one of his friends as if they were family and wanted nothing but a fresh start and to move on from an unfortunate past."

But another friend told the Edmonton Journal that drugs "probably" played a role in Greenway's slaying but she hoped the man would be remembered as a kind, loyal and trustworthy friend.

"He was a good, fun-loving guy that everybody loved to be around," Trina Sikora said.

Like most, the friend didn't know what Greenway was doing in Edmonton, let alone visiting a cemetery with a man described as a mere acquaintance. And those who did know weren't talking, at least not publicly.

Perhaps in Jason Trundle, the other man shot, Greenway saw a free ride to the city. What happened after that remains a mystery.

Trevor James Greenway was remembered at a service held at the United Church in Lloydminster on October 19th, 2011.

The investigation into his death continues.

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