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On 29 March, 1975, Prior left his house around 7 p.m. to meet some friends and her boyfriend at a nearby [[pizzeria]] in [[Wellington Street (Montreal)|Wellington Street]], [[Pointe-Saint-Charles|Pointe-Staint-Charles]], she never showed up at the pizzeria. At 11 p.m., when she did not arrive home, her mother Yvonne reported her disappearance to the police. During her days missing, police and volunteers began a major search in Pointe-Saint-Charles to find Prior.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/police-hoping-for-fresh-clues-in-decades-old-murder-of-sharron-prior-1.794897|title=Police hoping for fresh clues in decades-old murder of Sharron Prior|work=CTV News|date=April 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/new-dna-evidence-identifies-sharron-priors-killer|title=Montreal teen’s killer identified after 48 years using DNA evidence|work= Montreal Gazette|date=May 23, 2023}}</reF> |
On 29 March, 1975, Prior left his house around 7 p.m. to meet some friends and her boyfriend at a nearby [[pizzeria]] in [[Wellington Street (Montreal)|Wellington Street]], [[Pointe-Saint-Charles|Pointe-Staint-Charles]], she never showed up at the pizzeria. At 11 p.m., when she did not arrive home, her mother Yvonne reported her [[Missing person|disappearance]] to the police. During her days missing, police and volunteers began a major search in Pointe-Saint-Charles to find Prior.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/police-hoping-for-fresh-clues-in-decades-old-murder-of-sharron-prior-1.794897|title=Police hoping for fresh clues in decades-old murder of Sharron Prior|work=CTV News|date=April 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/new-dna-evidence-identifies-sharron-priors-killer|title=Montreal teen’s killer identified after 48 years using DNA evidence|work= Montreal Gazette|date=May 23, 2023}}</reF> |
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=== Discovery === |
=== Discovery === |
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Three days later, Prior's body was found in a wooded area of [[Longueuil|Longueui]], located in Quebec province across the [[St. Lawrence River]] from Montreal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/24/us/quebec-cold-case-dna-west-virginia/index.html|title=Nearly 50-year-old cold case in Canada solved through DNA link to West Virginia man|work= CNN|date=May 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12116795/Quebec-police-identify-killer-1975-cold-case-murder-teen.html|title=Cops solve cold case of murder of Sharron Prior, 16, who was abducted, raped and found dead three days after disappeared on her way to meet friends at a pizza parlor in 1975|work= Daily Mail|date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> A man's T-shirt had been used to restrain her.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-sharron-prior-killing-suspect-exhumed-west-virginia-1.6835483|title=Body of suspect in 1975 Montreal teen killing exhumed in West Virginia|work= CBC|date=May 7, 2023}}</reF> |
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== Investigation == |
== Investigation == |
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Autopsies revealed she had been raped and beaten to death. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-sharron-prior-killing-suspect-exhumed-west-virginia-1.6835483|title=Body of suspect in 1975 Montreal teen killing exhumed in West Virginia|work= CBC|date=May 7, 2023}}</reF> |
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== Perpetrator == |
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| Location | Pointe-Saint-Charles, Quebec, Canada |
| Date | 29 March 1975 |
Attack type | Child murder by Suffocated |
| Victim | Sharron Prior |
| Perpetrator | Franklin Maywood Romine |
| Verdict | None |
| Convictions | None |
On 29 March, 1975, 16-year-old Canadian schoolgirl Sharron Kim Prior was abducted after she left her home in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Quebec to meet friends and her boyfriend at a nearby pizzeria. On 1 April, 1975, her body was found in a vacant lot in the nearby city of Longueuil, Quebec, she was found raped, beaten and suffocated.[1]Her case remained unsolved for 48 years and was considered one of the high-profile murder cases of Quebec.[2]
The development of Prior's murder came after DNA evidence surfaced in June 2022 with DNA found on Prior's shirt, the DNA testing made a match with the Romine family. The body of Franklin Maywood Romine, a man who died in 1982, was exhumed from the West Virginia Cemetery for DNA testing.[3]
On 23 May, 2023, it was confirmed that the DNA found on Prior's body was a 100 percent match with Romine, he also matched a physical description of the suspect provided by a witness and Romine's car was compatible with the tire tracks found near Prior's body. Confirming that Romine was Prior's murderer.[3][4]
Background
Sharron Kim Prior was born on 9 February, 1959. Her mother was Yvonne Prior[5] and she had two younger sisters Doreen and Moreen, both sisters said Prior was a "kind, warm-hearted young girl who dreamed of being a veterinarian."[6] Prior was a 16-year-old schoolgirl at the time.
Murder
Disappearance
On 29 March, 1975, Prior left his house around 7 p.m. to meet some friends and her boyfriend at a nearby pizzeria in Wellington Street, Pointe-Staint-Charles, she never showed up at the pizzeria. At 11 p.m., when she did not arrive home, her mother Yvonne reported her disappearance to the police. During her days missing, police and volunteers began a major search in Pointe-Saint-Charles to find Prior.[5][7]
Discovery
Three days later, Prior's body was found in a wooded area of Longueui, located in Quebec province across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal.[8][9] A man's T-shirt had been used to restrain her.[10]
Investigation
Autopsies revealed she had been raped and beaten to death. [11]
Perpetrator
See also
References
- ^ "1975 Murder of 16-Year-Old Girl Solved by New DNA Link to Man in West Virginia". People. May 25, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "Sharron Prior cold case: Quebec police identify killer in 1975 murder of teen". CBS News. May 24, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Police confirm they have found who killed a Montreal teen nearly 50 years ago". Global News. May 23, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ "Quebec police identify killer in 1975 cold case murder of teen". AP News. May 23, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Police hoping for fresh clues in decades-old murder of Sharron Prior". CTV News. April 11, 2012.
- ^ "DNA nails Montreal teen's killer in 1975 cold case". CBC. May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Montreal teen's killer identified after 48 years using DNA evidence". Montreal Gazette. May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Nearly 50-year-old cold case in Canada solved through DNA link to West Virginia man". CNN. May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Cops solve cold case of murder of Sharron Prior, 16, who was abducted, raped and found dead three days after disappeared on her way to meet friends at a pizza parlor in 1975". Daily Mail. May 23, 2023.
- ^ "Body of suspect in 1975 Montreal teen killing exhumed in West Virginia". CBC. May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Body of suspect in 1975 Montreal teen killing exhumed in West Virginia". CBC. May 7, 2023.