Murder on the Island: Who Killed Byron Carr?

Episode 222: On Sunday, November 12,1988 beloved 36-year-old high school teacher named Byron Carr was found by his family dead in the bedroom of his home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He’d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron’s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words “I will kill again.” Investigators revealed that Byron was a closeted gay man, and had been involved in a consensual sexual encounter with an as yet unidentified man prior to his death. It is presumed that it was this man who killed Byron. No one has ever been brought to justice in Byron’s death.

Anyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.

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Sources:

Homicides | Charlottetown Police Services

PEI Crime Stoppers – Homicides

Charlottetown police reopen 1980s murder case | CBC News

Skimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC News

Charlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWire

Byron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News

2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca

‘Give this family closure’: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC News

Unsolved Case Files Canada: Murder of Byron Carr After Sexual Encounter With Another Male

Cold case, warm memories: Byron Carr’s friends, family want his 1988 P.E.I. murder solved | SaltWire

On the hunt | SaltWire

Brad MacConnell Named New Chief of Police | Charlottetown Police Services

r/PEI: Byron Carr

r/UnresolvedMysteries: Byron Carr

CANADA — Canada — Byron Carr, 36, Schoolteacher — Nov’ 88 | Websleuths

Reader’s Digest: Canada’s Most Notorious Cold Cases

Public Attitudes toward Homosexuality — Tom W. Smith

TIMELINE | Same-sex rights in Canada | CBC News

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia

LGBT+ Pride 2021 Global Survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Canada toward LGBT+ individuals | Ipsos

R. v. MacDonald, 2004 CanLII 9284 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1h09c>

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