Crime Beat

The spring of 1999 was filled with excitement about new adventures for Audrey Trudeau. After several years in Calgary, the physiotherapist had a new opportunity back home in Ontario, and she was looking forward to spending more time with her siblings. Her house was listed for sale, and she was getting packed up to move, when she disappeared. Her family and coworkers were baffled. It didn’t make sense. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares what investigators uncovered and the disturbing discovery that cracked open the case five months later. 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 esteemed physiotherapist moved to Calgary in search of a fresh start. Audrey Trudeau quickly gained the respect and admiration of her colleagues at the Rockyview General Hospital and became well known for her kind and generous spirit. Then, on the eve of an exciting new opportunity, she disappeared. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares what made Audrey’s family and coworkers suspicious and details the desperate search that followed. 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]

When a beloved chef was murdered outside of his future restaurant, the case became a true whodunnit as homicide detectives struggled to find a motive or suspects. Join Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how investigators cracked the case and uncovered the senseless motive behind the killing in the conclusion of “Shattered Dreams.” 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 highly respected, executive chef was weeks away from realizing his dream of opening his own restaurant in March of 2020 when he was violently killed. Join Global News Senior Crime reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how detectives followed a complicated trail of evidence to uncover a senseless motive in part one of “Shattered Dreams.” 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]

When police responded to allegations of disturbing confinement, torture and murder of a Calgary woman at a downtown rooming house- there was no evidence of foul play. But two officers instinctively felt they should persist. Learn how these tenacious investigators worked to solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed without knowing if there was even a victim. Join Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how these officers uncovered details of a crime that seemed more like deadly rumours than reality. 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]