Boys Found Dead in Vancouver Park in 1953 Are ID'd, Offering Closure in City's Oldest Unsolved Murder Case
Photo: Vancouver Police Department Nearly 70 years later, the the boys were identified as 7-year-old Derek D’Alton and his 6-year-old half-brother David, descendants of Russian immigrants who arrived in Canada around the early 1900s. The children lived in Vancouver and had a relative who lived near Stanley Park. “These murders have haunted generations of homicide investigators, and we are relieved to now give these children a name and to bring some closure to this horrific case,” Vancouver Police Department Inspector Dale Weidman said....