The Trail Went Cold - Episode 389 - Janet Kuchinsky & Andre Lalonde

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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July 10, 1999. Pierrefonds, Quebec. 42-year old Janet Kuchinsky leaves her residence in order to go out for a walk, but never returns. The following morning, Janet’s body is found in a wooded area next to a bicycle path located one kilometre from her home and she has been bludgeoned to death by a blunt instrument. Months later, a serial killer named William Patrick Fyfe is charged with the murders of a number of other women which also happened to occur in the West Island region of Montreal during this time period, but no evidence links him to Janet’s death and the crime is never solved. April 29, 1996. Senneville, Quebec. 51-year old Andre Lalonde, a veteran constable with the Montreal Urban Community Police, pulls over a Ford Tempo with a noisy muffler for a seemingly routine traffic stop before he is fatally shot by the driver. It turns out the vehicle was stolen and it is later found abandoned in an industrial section of Montreal after having been set on fire. There is speculation that in the weeks prior to Lalonde’s murder, the Tempo may have been used during a series of bank robberies, but while investigators believe they have a potential suspect in the shooting, they lack the evidence to file charges. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel back to our home country of Canada to explore a pair of unsolved murders which took place in the West Island of Montreal. Special thanks to listener Talia Guilbault-Miscovich for narrating the opening of this episode. Additional Reading: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/police-hope-reward-will-help-hunt-for-killer-1.238470 https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/do-you-remember-the-day-janet-kuchinsky-was-murdered-in-pierrefonds https://www.newspapers.com/image/425364722/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/425373199/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/425368310/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/420974747/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/425541181/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/425369421/ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/murder-of-police-officer-andre-lalonde-remains-unsolved-25-years-later https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/andre-lalonde-montreal-police-unsolved-murder-1.3559969 https://globalnews.ca/news/2704684/montreal-police-const-andre-lalonde-laid-to-rest-20-years-ago-but-murder-still-unsolved/ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/kramberger-murder-rate-is-low-here-but-weve-had-some-notorious-cases https://www.newspapers.com/image/424851844/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/485580244/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/425057826/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/424856966/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting Crimecon.com or Crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the Berkshire Podcast Festival, taking place in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 18-20, 2024. To get a 30 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD2024”, by visiting https://www.berkshirepodcastfestival.com/. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	We would like you to please join me in thanking Factor for sponsoring today's episode.
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0:28.0	your next month. Enjoy the show. July 10th, 1999, Pierfel, Quebec.
0:35.0	42 year old Janet Kaczynski leaves her residence in order to go out for a walk, but never returns.
0:42.0	The following morning Janet's body is found in a wooded area next to a bicycle path
0:47.8	located one kilometer from her home and she has been bludgeoned to death by a blunt instrument.
0:54.0	Months later, a serial killer named William Patrick Fife is charged with the murders of a number of other women,
1:01.0	which also occurred in the West Island region of Montreal during this time period.
1:05.8	But no evidence links him to Janet's death, and her murder is never solved.
1:10.8	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:24.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh,
1:34.0	uh,
1:35.0	so and uh,
1:36.0	uh, uh,
1:38.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:55.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be traveling back to our
1:59.8	podcast Home Country of Canada to cover a pair of cold cases which took place in the West
2:05.2	Island of Montreal, the 1999 murder of Janet Kaczynski, and the 1996 murder of Andre Lallong. That voice you just heard narrative. the trailway cold listener voiceover contest so thank you very much Talia. This is a recurring monthly
2:25.8	contest which we've been carrying on for seven years now so if you'd like to enter and haven't
2:30.3	already done so I will be providing instructions near the end of this episode.
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