We need your help in solving the 1994 murder of 21 year old Simone Sandler.
Simone grew up north of Toronto in Thornhill and was described by friends and family as a pretty, sweet, outgoing and perhaps naïve young woman.
During the summer of 1994, Simone was working for a local film company as a recruiter of “extras” for movies and commercials.
She worked on Yonge Street between College and Dundas during the summer months from noon into the evening.
Simone could be seen carrying a clip board on which she would record the names and contact information of would be “extras” as she stood next to a large sandwich board that read “EXTRAS FOR FILMS 960-6092”
During her employ, Simone made many friends among the homeless teenagers and young adults who resided in the many downtown hostels and youth shelters.
The local hotdog venders and street venders also befriended her.
On Saturday the 23rd of July, 1994, Simone left her Thornhill home to go to work at about 12:00 noon.
She was last seen alive continuing her recruiting in the Yonge and Gerrard area. When she failed to return home from work that night, her family contacted Police and filed a missing person report.
At the time of her disappearance, Simone was 21 years of age, white skin colour, 5’5 weighing about 125lbs.
She had shoulder length brunette hair that she had dyed blonde and was wearing a green coloured t-shirt, blue jean shorts and carrying a beige knapsack.
On Saturday, the 30th of July, a week from the day she went missing, two people driving along the Lakeshore Boulevard by the Don River where it meets the Keating Channel stopped their vehicle, believing they had seen a body in the river.
Police were called and the body of Simone Sandler was recovered floating in the water. She was partially clothed and appeared to have been there for a number of days.
An autopsy revealed Simone had died as a result of ligature strangulation.
At the time, Police received numerous calls from citizens who recalled seeing and interacting with the popular young woman that summer, but to this date, her killer still remains unidentified and at large.
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