The 2024 Ontario Homicide Victim List is available here
Emergency services personnel responded to John Allan Park in the City of Niagara Falls for a report of a disturbance on October 2, 2024, at 2:49 p.m.
On arrival police located an adult male suffering from critical injuries. Despite medical intervention efforts by Niagara Emergency Medical Services and the Niagara Falls Fire Service, the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Lance Cunningham.
As a result of the investigation, 30-year-old Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested in the Burlington area by Niagara Police Service uniform officers and subsequently charged with first degree murder in the Hamilton homicide and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara investigations.
- On October 1, 2024, at 2:08 p.m., police responded to a call for Service in the Keele Street and Dundas Street West area. At that time, it was reported that a woman in her 60s was located deceased inside a residence with visible trauma to her body.
- On October 2, 2024, at 2:49 p.m. emergency services personnel responded to John Allan Park in the City of Niagara Falls for a report of a disturbance. When 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake) uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS), arrived on scene they found an adult male suffering from critical injuries. Despite medical intervention efforts by Niagara Emergency Medical Services and the Niagara Falls Fire Service, 47-year-old Lance Cunningham was pronounced deceased at the scene.
- On October 3, 2024, at approximately 12:26 p.m., Hamilton Police received a 911 call requesting an ambulance to the parking lot of 209 MacNab Street North, where an unresponsive male was found with significant injuries consistent with a stabbing. Police and Hamilton Paramedics responded to the scene, and the victim, 77-year-old Mario Bilich was transported to hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Update: According to the Hamilton Spectator, Sabrina Kauldhar reportedly told a psychiatrist she didn’t want to return to jail and asked the doctor to say she remained unfit to stand trial, a court heard on June 6th 2025.
It also came to light that Kauldhar had assaulted both a fellow patient and a staff member while receiving care at CAMH earlier this year. Kauldhar was originally found unfit for trial in March, following testimony from a forensic psychiatrist who had attempted to evaluate her three times since her arrest last year. The psychiatrist reported minimal cooperation, describing Kauldhar’s behavior as hostile with only brief eye contact.
On Friday, the Crown asked Ontario Court Justice Russell Silverstein to reconsider that ruling. A new psychiatrist testified that Kauldhar had shown significant improvement, was responding to treatment, no longer exhibited signs of psychosis or aggression, and had been communicating with staff in a clear and structured way.
Justice Russell Silverstein will deliver his decision on June 11th.