Charge laid in 2006 cold case sexual assault

Twenty years after an aggravated sexual assault in the community of Forest Heights, we have identified and charged a suspect in connection with the case.

On Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, at approximately 4:30 a.m., an 18-year-old woman was walking through a school field in the 500 block of 47 Street S.E., when she was attacked by a male riding a bicycle. During the attack, the victim was sexually assaulted and stabbed multiple times.

Evidence collected during the investigation was submitted to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for forensic testing, and a DNA profile believed to belong to the offender was entered into the National DNA Data Bank in 2006.

Over the past two decades, investigators pursued numerous avenues to identify the person responsible, including public appeals, while continuing to review the case as investigative techniques and technology evolved.

On Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, investigators were notified of a DNA match through the National DNA Data Bank, linking DNA obtained in 2006 to an individual currently incarcerated for unrelated offences.

As a result, we have charged the accused, who was 14 years old at the time of the offence, with one count of aggravated sexual assault. Because he was a youth at the time, he cannot be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

He will next appear in court on Friday, Dec. 18, 2026.

"We never stop pursuing answers for victims of sexual assault, no matter how much time has passed," says Staff Sgt. Tom Hanson of the Calgary Police Service Sexual Assault Investigative Unit. "This case was moved forward by the persistence of many investigators, from those who began the investigation in 2006 to those who saw it through to a charge. Unsolved doesn't mean forgotten."

In Canada, there is no time limit on reporting a sexual assault. Anyone who believes they are a victim of sexual assault is encouraged to report it, even if many years have passed since the incident.

Anyone with information about this incident, or similar incidents, is asked to contact police by calling 403-266-1234. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers through any of the following methods:

TALK: 1-800-222-8477
TYPE: www.calgarycrimestoppers.org
APP: P3 Tips

Case #: LG06274598/4640