Police renew search for evidence on two-year anniversary of Sonia Varaschin disappearance

Police resumed the search, Wednesday, for the killer of Orangeville nurse Sonia Varaschin, exactly two years after her disappearance.

OPP divers spent two hours searching a pond and in the swampy Beechgrove Sideroad rural area of Caledon near where the 42-year-old woman’s body was located on September 5, 2010, hoping to find any clue that will lead them to the killer.

The dive team re-emerged around 1:30 in the afternoon, but police would not say if anything was found.

“At this time, we will not be disclosing whether or not there was some evidence that was found as a result of our search because we don’t want to jeopardize the integrity of our investigation,” OPP Constable Brenda Evans told 680News.

“It was information that was received from our ongoing investigation that led us back to the area where Sonia Varaschin’s remains were found,” she explained

When asked earlier on Wednesday what the information was, Evans’ colleague Constable Peter Leon said “because it is ongoing we can’t speak to the specifics.”

Although it has been two years, both the OPP and Orangeville Police said they have never forgotten this investigation.

“This investigation is still very much active, each and every piece of information that is received is being acted upon and followed very, very closely,” Leon said.

“We have a team of detectives that are actively still working on the case. This is not a cold case by any means,” added Evans. “We are still forging ahead just as the day that she went missing.”

The case officially began on August 30, 2010 when investigators with the Orangeville Police Service began looking for Varaschin after she failed to show up for work.

For the past two years police have been searching for the killer but have yet to make an arrest despite consulting with an FBI profiler. Leon said they are confident the killer will be found, noting that police do have the person’s DNA on file.

“The team of investigators are committed, and they are going to find the person or persons responsible, and we will bring [that] individual or individuals to justice,” he said.

“It is only a matter of time. If they find what they’re looking for, then that could be a piece of the puzzle that remains unknown.”

Nearly 600 voluntary samples have been taken from men in the Orangeville area and continue to be tested at the Centre for Forensic Sciences since September 2010.

“We just want anyone to come forth with any information at all, whether or not you believe it’s a significant or an insignificant piece. It may be actually what we need,” Evans said, adding that every single lead is being investigated.