CBC Ottawa looks at violence against prostitutes
CBC News
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 7:21 PM ET
Last Updated: Feb 16, 2012 10:23 AM ET
Ottawa police have raised concerns to prostitutes in the city about a pattern of violence targeting sex-trade workers. There are at least six unsolved murders involving sex-trade workers in Ottawa.
A CBC News special investigation looks at various facets of the search for a serial predator, what deaths could be linked to the investigation and delves deeper into what police have found so far.
Prostitutes in Ottawa are living in fear of a serial predator. (CBC)PART I | Ottawa sex workers fear predator
The CBC's Judy Trinh talks to a long-time Ottawa prostitute about the dangers she faces and her life on the streets.
Local advocates for prostitutes and police aim for better rapport between the local force and sex-trade workers. (CBC)PART II | Sex workers, Ottawa police urged to cooperate
Judy Trinh looks at the challenges police have in reaching out to prostitutes and talks to an advocate who wished police had acted sooner.
An RCMP criminal profiler gave CBC News some possible attributes of the city's prostitute predator. (CBC)PART III | Ontario police help Ottawa predator probe
Judy Trinh investigates how police are progressing in their efforts to catch a killer, including involving multiple Ontario Provincial Police units to profile the predator.
Share Tools
Latest Ottawa News Headlines
- Kenyan runner sets new Ottawa marathon record
- Kenya's Laban Moiben set a new record Sunday for the Ottawa race weekend marathon with a time of 2:09:12. more »
- Fire causes $2M in damage at banquet centre
- The West Carleton Weddings and Banquets Centre sustained $2 million in damage early Sunday morning following a fire. more »
- Teen struck by lightning in Ottawa dies
- The victim of a Friday lightning strike during a storm in east Ottawa has died, CBC News has learned. more »
- Family, friends honour teen killed in school explosion
- Family and friends paid tribute Saturday to Eric Leighton, the 18-year-old student killed in a shop class explosion one year ago. more »
Top News Headlines
- Canadian Pacific strikers face back-to-work legislation
- Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is prepared to end the Canadian Pacific Railway strike if necessary, after both CP and the union rejected a proposal for voluntary arbitration by the government-appointed negotiator on Sunday. Raitt says she is "extremely disappointed." more »
- Syrian regime denies role in Houla massacre
- The UN Security Council condemned the Syrian regime at an emergency meeting Sunday, holding president Bashar al-Assad's military responsible for the massacre of more than 100 people, dozens of whom were children younger than 10 years old. more »
- Ryder Hesjedal wins prestigious Giro d'Italia
- Victoria, B.C., native Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win one of the cycling world's three Grand Tour events, wrapping up the 2012 Giro d'Italia with an excellent performance in the final stage in Milan. more »
- Neighbour may have helped find missing kids in Mexico
- Two Winnipeg children who had been missing for nearly four years were found in Mexico after a man raised concerns about his neighbour, according to a private investigator. more »
Most Viewed/Commented
- Teen struck by lightning in Ottawa dies
- Kenyan runner sets new Ottawa marathon record
- Para Transpo bus crashes into hydro pole, tree
- Birds attack Ottawa joggers
- Fire causes $2M in damage at banquet centre
- Family, friends honour teen killed in school explosion
- Quebec students, government to resume talks
- 4 arrested during Gatineau protest against Bill 78
- Aylmer triple stabbing leads to first-degree murder charges
