Murder on the Island: Who Killed Byron Carr?

Published: June 6, 2022, 7 a.m.

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\u2019d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron\u2019s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words \u201cI will kill again.\u201d 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\u2019s death.\n\nAnyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the\xa0Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.\n\nPromo: Crimes from the East\n\nSources:\nHomicides | Charlottetown Police Services\nPEI Crime Stoppers - Homicides\nCharlottetown police reopen 1980s murder case | CBC News\nSkimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC News\nCharlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWire\nByron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News\n2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca\n\u2018Give this family closure\u2019: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC News\nUnsolved Case Files Canada: Murder of Byron Carr After Sexual Encounter With Another Male\nCold case, warm memories: Byron Carr\u2019s friends, family want his 1988 P.E.I. murder solved | SaltWire\nOn the hunt | SaltWire\nBrad MacConnell Named New Chief of Police | Charlottetown Police Services\nr/PEI: Byron Carr \nr/UnresolvedMysteries: Byron Carr\nCANADA \u2014 Canada \u2014 Byron Carr, 36, Schoolteacher \u2014 Nov\u2019 88 | Websleuths\nReader\u2019s Digest: Canada\u2019s Most Notorious Cold Cases\nPublic Attitudes toward Homosexuality \u2014 Tom W. Smith\nTIMELINE | Same-sex rights in Canada | CBC News\nLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia\nLGBT+ Pride 2021 Global Survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Canada toward LGBT+ individuals | Ipsos\nR. v. MacDonald, 2004 CanLII 9284 (ON CA), \nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices