Toronto Police said that Calvin Hoover was identified through DNA. He died in 2015.
Canadian police announced Thursday that they have identified the person who killed a 9-year-old girl 36 years ago a slaying for which another man was wrongly convicted in a case that drew national attention. Toronto Police said that Calvin Hoover was identified through DNA. He died in 2015. He was 28 years old at the time of the murder and knew the family of Christine Jessop, though he was not a suspect. Jessop was last seen on October 3, 1984, in Queensville, Ontario, north of Toronto. Her body was found over three months later. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death. Police found DNA evidence on her underwear.
