Charlottetown police have released the sketch of a man they believe may be Byron Carr's killer.
The composite drawing was based on a description given recently be a gay Island man who was victim to an incident that has striking similarities to the circumstances surrounding Carr's murder.
Lead investigator Const. Brad MacConnell of the Charlottetown Police Department said the victim had a vivid recollection of coming close to the same fate as Carr just two months after the popular teacher was murdered in his Charlottetown home in November 1988.
The victim told police he picked up a man in a park in Charlottetown two months after Carr was killed. He returned with the man to his own home.
The man pulled a knife on the victim, who was able to flee unharmed.
Carr, a 36-yeaer-old gay teacher, was known to cruise the Queen Square area of Charlottetown for gay men.
He was found stabbed to death in his Charlottetown home in the early hours of Nov. 11, 1988. Evidence at the scene indicated his death followed a sexual act with a male. His killer left a message on the wall stating that he would kill again.
"We're not saying that the two incidents are related, but because of the similarities, as investigators we would be remiss if we didn't try to identify this person in the composite sketch and have him eliminated or included in our investigation,' said MacConnell.
The victim, who still lives on P.E.I., remained silent for two decades over the knife-wielding incident that could have cost his life.
"This was a secret that he had and like most gay men at the time not wanting to be 'outed' or exposed as being gay or involved in that kind of behaviour, he never reported the incident,' said MacConnell.
Persons with any information on the possible identity of the person in the sketch or with information that may be helpful to the investigation are urged to call the police hotline at 1-877-566-3952 or P.E.I. CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
