ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2007 (As of 2025 some of the following cases have been solved, as detailed below)
Occasionally media catches a 'cold case' angle that is strangely interesting, like recently, when the mad trapper of Rat River made the news again. The case was revived this summer on CTV NEWS because it continues as an unknown identity case once was a major sensation. In Jan/Feb 1932 an alleged US fugitive became a cop-killer tentatively identified as Albert Johnson.
Johnson exploded without much provocation on other Yukon trappers during the first winter he was there, and trappers were ranging near his cabin with complaints about Johnson stealing animals from the traps. A conflict began when the RCMP went to investigate and an amazing chase across a frozen winter landscape lasted five weeks, beginning when the police tried to dynamite him out of his bunker-style abode, and he escaped to wander into the wilderness and attempt his getaway.
