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An execution style shooting in an upscale Vancouver restaurant

leaves customers fleeing for their lives.

We not only knew that it was gang related,

we had a good sense of who would have been behind it.

Then, five months later, a brazen killing on a busy cafe patio in the middle of a Euro Cup soccer match in Toronto's little Italy.

He's a very intelligent individual, he's very smart, he's crafty, and we believe that if anyone was able to mount an escape that he may be that guy.

I'm Tracy Tong and this is Crime Beat Most Wanted, a podcast that takes you inside open

investigations of some of the most serious crimes in Canada in the hopes your tips lead police

to justice.

Today I'm joined by Jules Knox to share the story of an escaped criminal,

convicted of two cold-blooded killings who allegedly also masterminded his escape from a British Columbia prison as his trial was underway.

This is the hunt for Robbie Alcalel.

On the evening of January 17, 2012, the temperature in Vancouver dipped below freezing.

But deep in the heart of downtown, the Sheraton Wall Center was buzzing with energy.

Vancouver was hosting a qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics and some of the women's soccer teams were staying at the Posh Hotel.

So you had the Cuban National soccer team, staying at the hotel, you had the American soccer team staying at the hotel you had the American

soccer team staying at the hotel including Hope Solo the Cuban women were in the

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