Victoria, British Columbia — The family of man murdered in Victoria , hopes for answers soon.
Jeremy Gordaneer was 49 when he was found gravely injured in his mother's apartment on the morning of August 31, 2021. Officers with the VicPD and paramedics attempted life-saving measures but Gordaneer died at the scene.
According to an update from Victoria Police Department that was released ahead of the three-year anniversary of the slaying, investigators are still building a time line of "the events leading up to Jeremy's death."
Clea Gordaneer, Jeremy's daughter, expressed her longing for answers, stating, "I miss just having a dad. I think we’re really hoping for some answers. Someone took our dad away. So I think we just really want to know what happened and why we don’t get to have a dad anymore."
At the time of his death, Jeremy was living in Edmonton, but was visiting Victoria to be with his mother.
His wife, Thea Patterson, saw her husband for the last time on August 29, 2021, when she drove him to the Edmonton airport to catch his flight to Victoria.
On the evening of August. 30, Gordaneer went for dinner with his daughters and stopped at a pub on Government Street before walking to his mother's apartment. He was last seen outside of her building at 7:51 p.m. that evening.
Police in Victoria are appealing for information in an unsolved homicide, providing an updated timeline of the victim’s final hours.
Police have not said how he was killed and no arrests have ever been made.
"The investigation continues, and we are once again asking those with information, who have yet to speak with police, anyone who may have seen a suspicious vehicle or person in the area of the 1000-block of Carberry Gardens in the early morning hour August 31, 2021, to please contact us."
Anyone with information regarding the Jeremy Gordaneer’s homicide is asked to contact the the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) Information Line at (250) 380-6211.
