Beverly Lynn Smith was a 22-year-old wife and mother living with her husband Doug and their 10-month-old daughter in Raglan, north of Oshawa, Ontario. On the evening of December 9, 1974, Doug left for an evening shift; when he could not reach Beverly by phone he asked neighbours Alan and Linda Smith to check the house. Beverly was found on the kitchen floor, having been shot once in the back of the head with a .22-calibre bullet. Her infant was alive and unharmed in another room.

The murder weapon was never recovered and there were reportedly no obvious signs of forced entry. Investigators examined possible links to Doug’s marijuana dealings and questioned several people over the years, including Doug Daigle and neighbour Alan Smith. Durham Regional Police later reopened the file and arrested Alan in 2008, then again in 2009 after a covert operation produced statements implicating him; those undercover statements were ruled coerced and excluded by a judge in 2014, and Alan was acquitted. Many aspects of the killing — the entry into the home, motive, and location of the firearm — remain unresolved.

Did anyone who knew Beverly or the family have information that could still help close this case?