Twenty-six years after her murder, another appeal is going out to help find the killer of Sonya Cywink.
Sunday marks 26 years since the 31-year-old's body was found at Southwold Earthworks, an Indigenous historical site on Iona Road in the Township of Southwold. With clear signs of trauma to her body, police deemed her death a homicide and have been investigating ever since.
Cywink was originally from the White Fish First Nation territory on Manitoulin Island but was living in east London at the time of her death. Police have said she was last seen alive near the intersection of Dundas Street and Lyle Street around 2 a.m. on August 26, 1994. In an interview last year, her sister Meggie told reporters that Sonya was pregnant at the time of her murder.
"Someone knows something," said OPP Detective Inspector Randy Gaynor. "We certainly want to solve this homicide and bring the person(s) responsible to justice for Sonya and her family. Again someone out there knows something about this case and we are urging them to step forward and help bring this investigation to a successful conclusion."
In 2014, a $60,000 reward was offered for information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of her killer. That reward is still being offered.
Anyone with information is asked to call the OPP's Director of Criminal Investigation Services at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
