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Under guard: Constables Steve Nicolitis, left, and Paul Mackerel guard a door yesterday at the base of stairs leading to the maintenance room where Andrea Atkinson's body was found
Under guard: Constables Steve Nicolitis, left, and Paul Mackerel guard a door yesterday at the base of stairs leading to the maintenance room where Andrea Atkinson's body was found

Under guard: Constables Steve Nicolitis, left, and Paul Mackerel guard a door yesterday at the base of stairs leading to the maintenance room where Andrea Atkinson's body was found

Date10/24/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Under guard: Constables Steve Nicolitis; left; and Paul Mackerel guard a door yesterday at the base of stairs leading to the maintenance room where Andrea Atkinson's body was found.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0121346F
Waiting for news: Andrea Atkinson's mother, Ruth Windebank, and boyfriend Doug Heinbuch were photographed during the search for the missing child
Waiting for news: Andrea Atkinson's mother, Ruth Windebank, and boyfriend Doug Heinbuch were photographed during the search for the missing child
10/16/1990
Moment of horror: A body believed to be that of 6-year-old Andrea Atkinson is removed from a Coatsworth Crescent apartment building
Moment of horror: A body believed to be that of 6-year-old Andrea Atkinson is removed from a Coatsworth Crescent apartment building
10/23/1990
Dad joins hunt for Andrea, Terry Atkinson searches Taylor Creek Park yesterday after joining the hunt for his 6-year-old daughter, Andrea, missing from her mother's apartment since Sunday
Dad joins hunt for Andrea, Terry Atkinson searches Taylor Creek Park yesterday after joining the hunt for his 6-year-old daughter, Andrea, missing from her mother's apartment since Sunday
10/17/1990
Andrea Atkinson building
Andrea Atkinson building
10/23/1990
Neighbors Interviewed: In a desperate bid for witnesses, officers talked to residents yesterday in the area where Andrea Atkinson disappeared
Neighbors Interviewed: In a desperate bid for witnesses, officers talked to residents yesterday in the area where Andrea Atkinson disappeared
10/15/1990
Mapping Clues: Constable Bryan Keith, in a special command post today, examines a map of the area police were searching for missing 6-year-old Andrea Atkinson
Mapping Clues: Constable Bryan Keith, in a special command post today, examines a map of the area police were searching for missing 6-year-old Andrea Atkinson
10/14/1990
Not a trace: Police sift through dumpsters yesterday at the Coatsworth Crescent complex where Andrea Atkinson, 6, vanished Sunday
Not a trace: Police sift through dumpsters yesterday at the Coatsworth Crescent complex where Andrea Atkinson, 6, vanished Sunday
10/15/1990
Ruth Windebank, mother of murder victim Andrea Atkinson, has set aside a part of her new home for a picture of the girl
Ruth Windebank, mother of murder victim Andrea Atkinson, has set aside a part of her new home for a picture of the girl
11/12/1990
Murder site: Metro police officers stand guard behind a cordon sealing off the area where the body of 11-year-old Alison Parrott was found on Sunday
Murder site: Metro police officers stand guard behind a cordon sealing off the area where the body of 11-year-old Alison Parrott was found on Sunday
7/29/1986
Honoring a colleague: Brinks guards salute as a casket containing the body of their slain colleague, Malcolm (Rick) Bridgman, 31, is carried into Whitby's Free Methodist Church yesterday
Honoring a colleague: Brinks guards salute as a casket containing the body of their slain colleague, Malcolm (Rick) Bridgman, 31, is carried into Whitby's Free Methodist Church yesterday
12/18/1991
Window watching: The small window of the apartment building maintenance room where the body of a child was found is shown at top
Window watching: The small window of the apartment building maintenance room where the body of a child was found is shown at top
10/23/1990
In shock: Two neighborhood women watch as police remove a body found in a maintenance room of a Coatsworth Crescent apartment building
In shock: Two neighborhood women watch as police remove a body found in a maintenance room of a Coatsworth Crescent apartment building
10/23/1990