Appeal made to SUV passenger in case of Toronto teen being fatally run over

A Toronto police detective is appealing to a rider who was astatine the country erstwhile a 16-year-old lad was “intentionally” tally implicit and killed by a antheral driving an SUV conscionable implicit 5 years ago.

Det. Sgt. Brandon Price from the homicide portion said conscionable implicit 5 years aft the decease of Matthew Dreaver that helium is appealing straight to a rider arsenic a witnesser successful helping to lick the case.

On Oct. 7, 2019, Price said Dreaver was retired with a friend, a 14-year-old boy, erstwhile the brace had “an interaction” with 2 men who were successful a 2007 to 2012 achromatic oregon bluish Hyundai Sante Fe SUV.

The enactment happened astatine the backmost of a Shoppers Drug Mart, successful the acheronian portion of the parking batch area, astatine the country of O’Connor Drive and Woodbine Avenue. Price said successful 2019 that “words were exchanged” and the boys walked away.

The boys were past pursued by the 2 men successful the SUV, who chased them arsenic they fled connected foot.

“The men searched the country for immoderate time, but aboriginal recovered the 2 boys adjacent Stan Wadlow Park,” Price said, adding that astatine immoderate constituent the rider got retired of the conveyance portion the operator stayed and chased aft the boys.

“The operator mounted the curb, drove implicit the sidewalk onto the writer and past struck Matthew Dreaver with the SUV.”

In 2019, constabulary said “it is wide to america the unfortunate was intentionally struck.”

There was surveillance footage released of the incidental astatine the clip 5 years ago. Price said the operator past drove retired of the surveillance camera scope and picked up the rider who was antecedently successful the vehicle. They past fled the area.

Following an extended hunt and investigation, the lawsuit remains unsolved.

“We person not been capable to place the fishy astatine this point,” Price said.

As portion of the ongoing investigation, an entreaty was made to the nationalist for immoderate accusation that could pb to an arrest. Price besides specifically made an entreaty straight to the antheral who was the rider successful the vehicle.

“I judge that you were not successful the conveyance astatine the clip the operator ran implicit and killed Matthew Dreaver. I besides judge that you did not cognize that the operator was going to tally implicit Matthew,” Price said.

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“I americium looking to talk with you arsenic a witnesser successful this event.

“I request you to travel guardant to talk with america truthful we tin lick this case. Find justness for Matthew, find closure for Kelly, his mother, and the full family.”

He said officers person exhausted each investigative measures and avenues and without immoderate caller information, oregon immoderate caller technologies, they are incapable to place a suspect.

“Keeping a concealed similar that is simply a precise dense burden. And I deliberation if helium was acrophobic astir culpability and that’s a motive for him not to travel forward, I deliberation that this connection present from maine to accidental that I don’t person immoderate accusation that you’re culpable successful this. So I privation you to travel guardant arsenic a witnesser to assistance wide this up for us.”

Dreaver’s family, including his parent Kelly, and friends were astatine the property league connected Friday. Kelly work a connection and was precise visibly emotional.

“Matthew was conscionable a 16-year-old lad who had a beingness up of him earlier helium was robbed of that,” Kelly said done tears.

“He was my son, a brother, a grandson, a nephew. Matthew was taken from america 5 years ago, which destroyed our family, near america with galore unanswered questions. Why? How could this hap to my child?” she said, sobbing.

Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction constabulary astatine 416-808-7100 oregon done Crime Stoppers astatine 416-222-TIPS (8477).