Police identify 4-year-old girl whose body was found in Toronto dumpster

Toronto police have recognized the younger lady whose physique was present in a dumpster within the metropolis’s rich Rosedale neighbourhood in May, 2022.

In an replace Thursday, Inspector Hank Idsinga recognized the lady as Neveah Tucker, aged 4, of Toronto.

“We believe that Neveah died in 2021,” Idsinga stated. “She would have been simply shy of her fifth birthday when her physique was positioned within the dumpster.

“At this time no arrests have been made and no charges have been laid.”

Idsinga stated a tip from the neighborhood helped result in her identification, together with DNA and genetic testing.

It’s nonetheless unclear how Tucker died.

“The pathologist wasn’t able to identify a cause of death so we’re not saying it’s a homicide,” Idsinga stated. “We will see where the investigation takes us … it’s definitely in our minds that this could still potentially become a homicide case.”

Idsinga stated police notified Tucker’s mom “just today,” however added that he wouldn’t “comment on the status of her mother in our investigation.”

Tucker’s stays had been present in a building bin outdoors a Dale Avenue house close to Castle Frank Road on May 2, 2022.

A employee on the location of the house, which was below building, known as police after discovering her physique wrapped in a crochet blanket inside a plastic bag.

At the time investigators stated there was no proof linking the lady to any reported lacking kids in Canada, perplexing police who vowed to determine her.

Police did determine a automobile of curiosity within the case — a dark-coloured Porsche Cayenne SUV with the mannequin yr between 2011 and 2014.

The suspect automobile was seen in safety footage stopping on Dale Avenue within the space of the dumpster on April 28 at 10:26 p.m., idling for 21 seconds.

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Idsinga beforehand stated the automobile “inexplicably” stopped by the dumpster across the similar time investigators imagine the physique was disposed of.

“We believe it is unlikely the child located on Dale Avenue has ever been reported missing,” Idsinga stated in June, 2022.

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