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DNA Links 1979 Homicide to Missing Woman Pamela Harvey

3/31/2026

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In 2025, a forensic dentist linked the March 1979 homicide victim found in St-Eustache to Pamela Harvey, a missing Sudbury woman since Christmas Day 1978.
Genetic testing confirmed a match after Harvey's family provided DNA in 2018 to an RCMP-led missing persons program.
The Montreal Gazette reported Pamela Harvey had been shot twice in the head.
Authorities say the suspected killer died in 1979, and few details have been disclosed.

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Story summary

In 2025, a forensic dentist linked the March 1979 homicide victim found in St-Eustache to Pamela Harvey, a missing Sudbury woman since Christmas Day 1978.
Genetic testing confirmed a match after Harvey's family provided DNA in 2018 to an RCMP-led missing persons program.
The Montreal Gazette reported Pamela Harvey had been shot twice in the head.
Authorities say the suspected killer died in 1979, and few details have been disclosed.