A girl whose body was found in a Toronto container last month was probably never missing, the head of the city’s homicide team said Tuesday.
The remains of a four- to seven-year-old black girl were found in a construction container outside a Dale Avenue home in Toronto’s wealthy Rosedale neighborhood on May 2.
Police have received numerous tips after announcing the discovery and spreading images of two pieces of clothing found with the girl’s remains, said Inspector Hank Idsinga.
The girl, whose body was found in a Toronto container last month, probably never disappeared. (Toronto Police)
The force also contacted top detectives in all cases of missing children in Canada, the 58th.
Idsinga said there is no evidence linking any of these cases to the child found in the container.
“We believe that the child on Dale Avenue is unlikely to have ever disappeared,” Idsinga told a news conference.
On Tuesday, the force released two sketches of the girl, completed by an Ontario Provincial Police artist working with the coroner’s office.
“We have published composite sketches of the girl in the hope that someone will recognize her,” Idsinga said.
Police released images of a dark Porshe that was seen in the area around the time the debris was believed to have been dumped. (Toronto Police)
Idsinga warned that the color drawing may not match the girl’s true skin tone, which researchers say is of African or mixed descent.
“She has all her teeth and her curly black hair is cut into ponytails,” Idsinga said.
Investigators are also looking for a dark-colored Porsche Cayenne SUV that “inexplicably” stopped outside the house five days before the girl’s remains were found, Idsinga said.
Toronto police released an image of the Porsche, which was stopped next to the container on April 28 at 10:26 p.m.
Idsinga said they have been able to track the vehicle to and from the area and are now seeking the help of the public to identify it.
The discovery surprised Toronto’s Rosedale neighborhood, which is one of the richest in Canada. (Google Maps)
“This car is literally captured by the camera, on Dale Avenue, in the container area, just in the period of time we believe the body was thrown there and inexplicably stops right next to the container for about 21 seconds. said Idsinga.
“So, of course, we want to identify this car. Maybe there’s a perfectly innocent explanation for why it stopped there, but maybe not.”
The girl’s body was found wrapped in a baby blanket with butterfly prints inside a plastic bag, which in itself was wrapped in a burgundy and red blanket, researchers said last month. .
Investigators believe the body was dumped in the days before it was discovered, but the girl was dead long before and could have died last summer.
Idsinga said there is no obvious cause of death and it will take some time to determine, or it may remain undetermined.
He said police are awaiting toxicology results from the Forensic Science Center.
The discovery last month surprised the neighborhood – which is one of the richest in the country – and sent researchers searching for missing children across Canada and around the world.
Idsinga said eight of the 58 missing children have already been counted. Some of the missing have ended up abroad in parental abductions and custody battles, he said.
Local school boards contacted police and checked their records to try to find someone who may be missing, Idsinga said.
“The child may have been too young to be in the school system,” Idsinga said.
“Maybe the boy was never in the school system even though he wasn’t too young, so all those angles have been worked out.”