Father Of Four I.D.d As Latest Murder Victim
Posted June 7, 2007 12:00 pm.
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His name was Julian Hinckson and by all reports, he was a loving father, a gentle man and a community activist. Police aren’t sure how he also became something else this week – the city’s 29th homicide victim. The 41-year-old went out to move his car in the Finch and Leslie area late Monday night. When he didn’t come back, his family began to fear the worst. And they were right.
A man walking his dog along the tracks near the Cummer GO station discovered Hinckson’s body early Tuesday morning, a find that wound up delaying commuter service for several hours during the early rush. Cops have been trying to figure out who accosted the man and why he was killed, but they don’t think it was a random act and seem sure more than one suspect is involved.
Hinckson is the last person anyone would have pegged as a murder victim. He liked to fix bikes for kids in the neighbourhood and was described by some as a ‘community builder’. An autopsy shows he died of stab wounds to the chest. Police suspect gangs may be behind the violence but as often happens in these kinds of cases, many residents seem too afraid to say anything and a cone of silence has reportedly descended on the neighbourhood. The sounds of that silence is echoing loudly with his shocked and bereaved family – Hinckson leaves behind a wife and four children.
If you having anything to tell police about this baffling case, call (416) 808-7400 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at (416) 222-TIPS.
