{"id":1919,"date":"2018-05-12T22:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T22:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldcase.lailafarrell.com\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2018-06-02T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T18:59:44","slug":"adriano-delia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldcase.lailafarrell.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/12\/adriano-delia\/","title":{"rendered":"Adriano, Delia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Unsolved: The Murder of\u00a0Delia\u00a0Adriano<\/h1><\/h1>
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Delia Adriano’s fianc\u00e9e dropped her at her parent’s Oakville home on a Sunday night and drove away. Delia never made it inside. Her body was found\u00a0Nov. 6, 1982, in the woods near Campbellville.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

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On Sunday, Sept. 26, 1982, 25-year-old Delia Adriano spent the day with her\u00a0fianc\u00e9 Danny Dutra watching a soccer game and hanging out at a barbecue before he dropped at her parents’ home in Oakville around 9:30 p.m. Before she could get into the house, she was abducted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Six weeks later, on Nov. 6, 1982, Delia was found nude in a wooded lot just south of Milton by Del Parcham, a woodcutter. Her body was too decomposed to determine cause of death or whether she had been sexually assaulted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Witnesses reported hearing a woman’s screens a few blocks from Delia’s home that night around 10:30 p.m. Others also reported seeing a woman who fit Delia’s description being forced into a car by a man. The man and woman argued inside the car for about five minutes before the man drove the car off with the car’s lights off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Delia\u2019s purse was found on the sidewalk in the area of the incident the next morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Case: Facts & Speculations<\/h3><\/h1>
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  • Police think Delia knew her assailant. Delia’s family also think it could be someone who knew their family because the family dog did not bark while she interacted with the man on the street. Also, witnesses said it seemed like a couple arguing and not strangers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The fact that she was found nude suggests sexual assault as a motive even though her body was too decomposed to provide definitive answers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • A composite sketch was made of the suspect who was described as white, 5’7 to 5’9, medium build, with brown hair feathered back to the neck.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The car was descried as a dark blue, 2-door\u00a0subcompact 1970s Chevrolet Chevette (or something similar) with three stripes on the side. The car had Ontario plates and was seen parked in the driveway of a model home sales office nearby.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Adriano was part of a very close-knit Portuguese community, so it is possible the killer was someone in that group. Even the priest made a comment about it at her funeral.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Her fiancee is not a suspect in her murder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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