Höre Crime Beat

On Oct. 1, 2010, Mark Mariani, 47, was given new hope, thanks to medical advancements. He suffered from Crohn’s disease for more than half of his life. and doctors told him he might not need his colostomy bag anymore. The next night, he headed to his favourite western bar to do some two-steppin’ and meet up with friends. The following morning Mark’s family received a call from police. He was found dead in a Calgary strip mall parking lot — his keys, wallet and cell phone were found in a nearby alley. Follow along as homicide detectives investigate the murder of Mark Mariani, and unravel the shocking reason why he was killed. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

An innocent man was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and was brutally beaten and stomped to death. On this episode of Crime Beat, Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the latest developments on the senseless murder that happened less than 15 years ago. She’ll provide insights from The Parole Board on one killers' bid for freedom and details of the case that have never been shared before.  Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

In 1990, the peace and tranquility found in Banff National Park was shattered by the first murder there in twenty years and there was a lot of pressure on police to solve the case. There were no witnesses to the homicide and only one key piece of evidence that could positively identify the killer: DNA. It would become a transformative technology as the then-emerging science helped investigators as they worked to solve a true whodunnit. Join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at forensic DNA testing with a pioneer of this technology in Canada and one of the members of that original investigative team in Inside Forensics: Solving a murder in the mountains. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A young woman was found murdered in 1990, investigators worked tirelessly to find a viable suspect. But the case went cold. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest, and the case was even featured by Unsolved Mysteries. Join Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares what finally led to a break in the case and the groundbreaking tools police used to solve a Murder in the Mountains. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The popular resort town of Banff was rocked with its first homicide in twenty years. A young woman and taxi driver from Quebec was robbed and stabbed to death. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she explains how the case went cold, despite the tireless efforts that went into tracking the killer in part one of “Murder in The Mountains.” Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt [https://www.instagram.com/nancy.hixt/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ [https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/] Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca [nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]