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Cold Case Solved: Remains Identified as Alcides, 2008

11/20/2025

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The Toronto Police identified remains found March 29, 2008 near Bloor and Parliament streets as Alcides from Portugal.
The death was deemed non-suspicious.
Identification remained unresolved until 2023, when investigators used investigative genetic genealogy.
Alcides is the ninth person identified through Project 31.
His family has been notified of his burial.

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Story summary

The Toronto Police identified remains found March 29, 2008 near Bloor and Parliament streets as Alcides from Portugal.
The death was deemed non-suspicious.
Identification remained unresolved until 2023, when investigators used investigative genetic genealogy.
Alcides is the ninth person identified through Project 31.
His family has been notified of his burial.