Vancouver suspect in 1996 cold case homicide identified through DNA analysis

Muzammil Hussain January 08, 2025

A composite picture of a young dark-haired man with a moustache and goatee in a dark, checked shirt beside a road with yellow police tape along the sidewalk.

Lawrence Diehl, 73, has been charged with the second-degree murder of Christopher Smith, who was fatally stabbed on the Portage Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau almost 30 years ago.

Lawrence Diehl, 73, has been charged with the second-degree murder of Christopher Smith, who was fatally stabbed on the Portage Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau almost 30 years ago. A composite picture of a young dark-haired man with a moustache and goatee in a dark, checked shirt beside a road with yellow police tape along the sidewalk.

Lawrence Diehl, 73, has been charged with the second-degree murder of Christopher Smith, who was fatally stabbed on the Portage Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau almost 30 years ago.

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