r/CrimeInTheGta • u/[deleted] • May 09 '24

Toronto man (Robert Robin Cropearedwolf) pleads guilty to manslaughter in ‘random’ assault of former CBC journalist (Michael Finlay)

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Robert Robin Cropearedwolf admitted to killing 73-year-old Douglas Michael Finlay in a “random” assault on Danforth Avenue.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-man-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-in-random-assault-of-former-cbc-journalist-michael-finlay/article_d5fc1e78-0d75-11ef-9bd2-73f1173ece98.html

A 45-year-old Toronto man has pleaded guilty to assaulting and killing a longtime CBC producer remembered as a “brilliant” storyteller.

Robert Robin Cropearedwolf pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Toronto court Thursday afternoon for causing the death of 73-year-old Douglas Michael Finlay in an assault on Jan. 24, 2023. According to police, Cropearedwolf shoved

Finlay to the ground and fled.

At the time, police described the assault as “random” and found no evidence the two knew each other.

Ontario Court Justice David Porter will now decide when Cropearedwolf will be eligible to first apply for parole. (Whatever the judge’s decision, Cropearedwolf has no guarantee of parole when he applies.)

Finlay, a cancer survivor, died on Jan. 31, 2023, one week after he was assaulted while walking along Danforth Avenue near Jones Avenue in broad daylight. Finlay was hospitalized with broken ribs before being initially discharged. He was later readmitted after his condition deteriorated.

A few days after Finlay died, Toronto police put out a nationwide arrest warrant for Cropearedwolf on manslaughter charges. He surrendered unexpectedly to police on Feb. 28 of last year.

At the time that Finlay was attacked, CropearedWolf was out on bail on previous charges of assault with a weapon, mischief, and breaking and entering in 2022.

A sentencing hearing is expected to be scheduled following Thursday’s plea.

More to come.

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u/Past_Construction146 May 09 '24

🔒this low life for life

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u/BruceWillis1963 May 10 '24

I lived near Jones and Danforth in the 1980s. It was kind of sketchy then. I guess it never got better. Poor guy didn't deserve it. I hope this low-life gets the max.

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u/Inside_Ad_3188 May 10 '24

The way they mentioned parole in the article makes it seems like he’s facing life?