Elizabeth Sargeant

Nov 17, 2023 | globalnews.ca | Jules Knox |Elizabeth Sargeant

“Right out of the movies,” is how Det. Sgt. Terry Browne described his first meeting with the twice-convicted murderer Rabih Alkhalil. “We met him on the tarmac. A conga line of police vehicles brought him, and they handed him over to us.”When Browne flew to Greece in 2015 to collect the gangster, he had no idea that it wouldn’t be the last time the criminal would evade arrest.

Nov 10, 2023 | globalnews.ca | Morgan Black |Elizabeth Sargeant

The Edmonton Police Service’s firearms investigation unit is using new technology to connect seized firearms from older cases to other crimes across Canada. And for firearms analysts on the team like Kayla, whom Global News is identifying only by her first name for security reasons, the volume is significant. “It’s just a mass amount of firearms coming in,” she said. “It appears to be never-ending.

Nov 3, 2023 | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald |Elizabeth Sargeant

Nathalie Urbas is a seasoned police officer with years of experience, but it’s not very often she gets to keep a souvenir from a case she’s worked on. “I keep it in my locker downstairs. Every time I put my uniform on, get ready for work, I think of her,” Urbas told Global News. In the fall of 2018, Urbas was called to a scene she would never forget: a stabbing that nearly took the life of a 16-year-old girl.

Oct 27, 2023 | globalnews.ca | Caryn Lieberman |Elizabeth Sargeant

Nearly nine years after the killings of 26-year-old Hussein Merhi and 24-year-old Russell Sahadeo, investigators from opposite ends of the country are saying that those responsible may be hiding out together. In March of 2015, Merhi was unexpectedly shot in a Calgary alleyway. The sound of gunshots was captured on a child’s iPad as he played in his backyard in the quiet community of Monterey Park.

Oct 20, 2023 | globalnews.ca | Catherine McDonald |Elizabeth Sargeant

Two years after the murder of 27-year-old Thane Murray, children are slowly starting to come back onto the basketball courts. In September 2021, a triple shooting in Regent Park claimed the life of Murray, a community youth worker. Murray worked with children at community centres across Regent Park. He was well-loved by the children he mentored and was in a blossoming relationship with another community worker. After the murder, Const.