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Emergency responders called around 7 a.m. Sunday to the Grosvenor Street entrance of Gibbons Park performed life-saving measures on an unresponsive man, but he died a short time later, police said.
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Investigators confirmed Monday that the death was a homicide — the cause of death was not released — and identified the victim as Daniel Joseph Fawcett, 52, of London. London police stand guard at the scene of a homicide at the Grosvenor Street entrance to Gibbons Park in London Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Daniel Joseph Fawcett, 52, of London, was identified Monday as the victim by police. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) No arrests have been made in the case, said police, who urged anyone in the area between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday to come forward. Investigators kept a section of the park cordoned off Monday while park rangers investigated the crime scene. Police initially cordoned off a large area of the parking lot and adjacent park, where a half-dozen officers combed the scene for evidence picking up leaves as they walked a line of yellow flags and appeared to be paying particular attention to the southeast corner of the park’s entrance.
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A nearby resident said he was awakened by a heavy police presence outside. “I heard muffled voices throughout the night,” Doug Gerber said, adding that it wasn’t unusual to hear people in the park on weekend nights, but the voices didn’t sound like the usual “whooping and hollering” from the bar crowd. late at night. Gerber said he didn’t hear any gunshots or other commotion. This is the fifth homicide of the year. Police laid charges in the four previous murders. -With files from Free Press reporter Jennifer Bieman [email protected] Twitter.com/DaleatLFPress January 31: Stephen Hutchinson, 66, is fatally stabbed outside his Springbank Drive home. Gregory Kane, 38, is charged with second-degree murder. March 11: A woman is found dead in a home on Billybrook Crescent and a 52-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder. Neither the victim nor the accused can be identified under a court-ordered publication ban. July 12: Jonathan Graham, 29, dies after setting himself on fire near Admiral Drive and Trafalgar Street. Bradley Joudrey, 32, is charged with first-degree murder. August 7: Devon Cherrey-Rooke, 31, is fatally stabbed near Clarke Street and Dundas Street. Antony Centeno-So, 27, is charged with second-degree murder.
