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Saved: Six years ago, Desiree Holmberg was rescued by police after her father threatened to kill her
Saved: Six years ago, Desiree Holmberg was rescued by police after her father threatened to kill her

Saved: Six years ago, Desiree Holmberg was rescued by police after her father threatened to kill her

Date4/14/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Saved: Six years ago; Desiree Holmberg was rescued by police after her father threatened to kill her.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119938F
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2/9/1988
Police negotiate with a man outside the office of the Speaker at Queen's Park yesterday (top photo) when he threatened to set himself on fire. He was (...)
Police negotiate with a man outside the office of the Speaker at Queen's Park yesterday (top photo) when he threatened to set himself on fire. He was (...)
2/9/1988
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11/3/1978
John Bonello: Given 18 months for trying to hire man to kill his wife
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12/8/1983
Called as a witness at the judicial inquiry into the behavior of two Toronto magistrates, Diane Baker leaves Don Jail today in back of police car, her(...)
Called as a witness at the judicial inquiry into the behavior of two Toronto magistrates, Diane Baker leaves Don Jail today in back of police car, her(...)
7/17/1968
Head and shoulders covered to prevent identification, George Ronald Waite, father of four charged with seven bank hold-ups in Metro, leaves police hea(...)
Head and shoulders covered to prevent identification, George Ronald Waite, father of four charged with seven bank hold-ups in Metro, leaves police hea(...)
11/19/1968
Arm in Arm with her husband, Peter Kappas, 21, Diane Baker Kappas, 20, leaves Metro Court House a free woman yesterday after her bail was reduced from(...)
Arm in Arm with her husband, Peter Kappas, 21, Diane Baker Kappas, 20, leaves Metro Court House a free woman yesterday after her bail was reduced from(...)
7/19/1968
Charged with murdering four people in Kitchener, 21-year-old Val Paul Palic of Mississauga is led from Metro police headquarters Saturday night after (...)
Charged with murdering four people in Kitchener, 21-year-old Val Paul Palic of Mississauga is led from Metro police headquarters Saturday night after (...)
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A 46-year-old man is lifted on to a stretcher by ambulance paramedics after being stabbed in an east-end rooming house last night. Right, a suspect struggles with police as he is placed in a cruiser
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