The following is the first part of a haunting tale of a little girl’s disappearance, the province-wide response that came together to find her and the unimaginable outcome.
Part 2 – Tommy
The hunt for Tommy would continue for a week after her disappearance. Searchers camped out on the Baker’s farm and were sheltered and fed in the homes of neighbours. They slogged their way through swamps foraging through fields as they looked under bridges and into culverts. They filed along river and creek beds, beat bushes […]
Part 3 – Tommy
Who was John Frederick McDonald? A Hamilton newspaper reported on November 7th, 1963: QUIZZED ON THOMASENA John Frederick McDonald, 46, of Newmarket, Ontario, will be jailed for ten years for shooting a policeman. He will be questioned about the disappearance of Thomasena Baker, 10, of Beeton. Constable Lawrence Pearce, 26, was shot in the abdomen […]