Beating the bushes for an escaper

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Beating the bushes for an escaper

Date6/7/1989

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Merrill, Frederick Rodney (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Beating the bushes for an escaper. Officers on foot and horseback comb the Don Valley yesterday in the largest search so far for escaped rapist Fred Merrill. Helicopters, boats and dogs also joined in the hunt, which turned up Jeans and T-shirts that police feel certain were Merrill's.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068135F

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