Police have identified the person responsible for the 1991 murder of Toronto resident Herbert Boone.

On April 16, 1991, at approximately 3:04 a.m., police officers responded to a 911 call at 149 Dundas Street East, just west of Jarvis Street.

Responding officers located a man with multiple stab wounds. The victim, later identified as 43-year-old Herbert Boone, died at the scene.

On Friday, police announced investigators were able to positively identify the perpetrator through DNA testing of evidence as 46-year-old Toronto resident Kevin Walsh.

Walsh died in 2007. If he were alive today, he would be charged with one count of second-degree murder, police said.

In November, Toronto police announced they had made an arrest in the two 1983 murders of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice using DNA technology provided by a Texas-based forensic lab. Similar technology was also used in 2020 to uncover the man responsible for the murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop who was sexually assaulted and killed more than 35 years ago.
 
Anyone with any information regarding the murder of Herbert Boone can contact Toronto police at 416-808-7400, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) and www.222tips.com.