On May 14, 1975, 5-year-old Tracey Bruney was dropped off by her mother at the schoolyard of St. Clare Separate School on Northcliffe Boulevard in the St. Clair Ave. and Dufferin St. area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She would never make it to class 5 minutes later. When Tracey didn't show up at home for lunch her parents went to the school to get her. When they were told that she never arrived in class they called the police.
Her body would be found by a 13-year-old playing in Marie Curtis Park 10 miles away. She was in Etobicoke Creek. Someone had beaten her about the head and then threw her into the water to die. She was still alive when she was found and transported to the hospital, but would die shortly after. Her cause of death was due to drowning.
Her vinyl shoulder bag was found the next Monday on Northcliffe Boulevard. It's believed that someone had forced Tracey into their car. The reason or motive for the murder is unknown.
Tracey and her family moved from Dominica to Canada when she was 10 months old. They recently moved to the area from Rexdale and lived only 500 yards from the school. She started at St. Clare. She was a happy girl and seemed to fit in well.
SOURCES:
Toronto Police
Nicole Investigations
Toronto Sun
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