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His forte was his ability to extract jailhouse confessions while masqueradâ€" ing as a fellow con. In this way Mcintyre obtained convicting testimony from a man who kidnapped, raped and murdered a Barrie housewife. He also testified against Rex Yates, the man who engineered the heist of an Orangeville bank. But McIntyre was killed two weeks before the trial. Nevertheless, MciIntyre‘s testimony was read into court at the trial and got Yates put away for five years. Yates was a prime suspect in Mcintyre‘s murder but it came to naught. In 1990, shortly after his release from prison, Yates was found drowned in the St. Lawrence River. And so another lead has apparently dried up. Halton Police investigators are still on Bill‘s case though. A regional CID (Criminal Investigations Division) (Continued from page 4) world because he put many of them in jail. Undercover officer was expert at jailhouse confessions spokesman said detectives continue to gather information on the McIntyre murder, but at present will not comment on whether they have any new leads. = Q£ 94 nE -â€"< \'\)8 For Ward and her family, it‘s been 10 years and no conclusion, so the grief of the living continues unabated. It "It‘s an ongoing investigation," he said. To me it‘s like reading a book to the end and then finding the last chapter becomes an Albatross around the neck, nightmarish and unutterably wearying. Meaze »© missing," says Ward. "I want an end. I don‘t want to sit there and guess. And I don‘t think you can put it to rest until there is an end." by Steve Nease