RCMP conducting new interviews about homicide in Greenwood, N.S.
Esther Jones is pictured in this photo provided by the Nova Scotia RCMP.
The RCMP says officers will be in Greenwood, N.S., this week as police continue to investigate the murder of Esther Jones, who was killed in the community last summer.
Police are still looking for Jones's remains and say they will be 'conducting further inquiries' in Greenwood over the next several days, so residents can expect to see officers in the area.
'These inquiries are a continuation of the investigational efforts,' said the RCMP in a news release Wednesday. 'To date, investigators have formally interviewed more than 100 people, obtained video surveillance from more than 50 businesses and homes, and searched multiple locations looking for Esther's remains.'
The 55-year-old Jones was last seen alive at the Kingston Bible College in Kingston, N.S., on Aug. 31 and reported missing to police on Sept. 2.
Police found the woman's vehicle – a silver 2009 Volkswagen Passat – abandoned in Greenwood, N.S., on Sept. 4. The Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit took over the investigation at that time.
Man charged with murder in September
Dale Allen Toole, 54, of Tremont, N.S., was charged on Sept. 11, 2024 with first-degree murder. Police believe Jones and Toole got into a struggle at the bible college on Aug. 31 and Jones was killed at that location that afternoon.
As for their relationship, police previously said Toole and Jones were not related by blood, but they did have family members in common, and lived in the same area.
Toole found in Texas
Police said during a news conference in September that Toole had fled the country and the RCMP worked with authorities in the U.S. and Mexico to track his movement.
He was eventually found at the airport in Houston, Texas where he was detained, and deported back to Canada.
Investigators believe Toole had been headed for Mexico before being detained in Texas.Toole was arrested after he landed in Toronto and escorted back to Nova Scotia, where he remains in custody.
The Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit is asking anyone with information to contact investigators at (902) 365-3120 or Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- TIPS (8477) or online at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca.
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