in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, A pr il 16 ,2 02 0 | 10 Overhead Door Co. of Hamilton-Burlington™ Halton police and Onta- rio Provincial Police (OPP) are offering a $100,000 re- ward for information lead- ing to the arrest and con- viction of a cop killer. The unsolved homicide dates back to April 21, 1984, when the body of OPP Cor- poral William McIntyre was located inside his apartment at 1300 Marl- borough Court in Oak- ville. Police said his death was the result of a single gunshot to the head. At the time of his mur- der, investigators say Mc- Intyre had 11 years of "ex- emplary" service with the OPP, during which he worked in southern Onta- rio in an undercover role. The murder was com- mitted while McIntyre was off-duty, just before he was intending to travel to Kingston, Ont., for a work assignment. Despite an exhaustive investigation into the mur- der, the case remains un- solved. In early 2020, a joint force homicide team in-force homicide team in-f volving members of the Halton police and OPP was formed to continue the in-formed to continue the in-f vestigation. Investigators say some- one out there knows some- thing and are hopeful the $100,000 reward will en- courage witnesses to come forward with informationforward with informationf that will generate new leads. "We feel that time has moved on for some peo- ple," said Halton Police Homicide Det. Joe Barr. "People are in a differ- ent circumstance and may be in a different position to come forward with some information." Barr said the reward is payable in Canadian funds, expires in one yearfunds, expires in one yearf and shall be apportioned as deemed just by the Hal- ton Police Board, Ontario's Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and OPP Commis- sioner Thomas Carrique. Any person with infor- mation in this case is asked to contact the Hal- ton Police McIntyre Homi- cide Team at 905-825-4777 ext. 8969 or the Homicide Tip Line 905-825-4776. Tips can also be submit- ted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-TIPS (8477) or through email at hatloncrimestop- pers@cogeco.net or https://new.tipsub- mit.com/en/. NEWS REWARD OFFERED IN CONNECTION TO UNSOLVED MURDER OPP CORPORAL WAS MURDERED IN HIS OAKVILLE APARTMENT ON APRIL 21, 1984 DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com William McIntyre was slain in his Oakville apartment over Easter weekend in 1984. His killer has never been found. Ontario Provincial Police photo