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Winnipeg police seek leads in DJ's stabbing death

Winnipeg police want help finding the person responsible for the stabbing death of Dean Wade Yurkiw last summer.

Dean Yurkiw, 50, was found fatally wounded in a Redwood Avenue home last August

Dean Yurkiw, 50, was fatally stabbed at this home on Redwood Avenue last August. (Cliff Simpson/CBC)

Winnipeg police want help in finding the person responsible for the stabbing death of a Winnipeg DJ last summer.

Dean Wade Yurkiw, 50, was assaulted at a home on Redwood Avenue and AikinsStreet on Aug.4. He died from stab woundsin hospital.

"He was a private person and an extremely hard worker. He worked ata local hotel as a cleaner and a DJ," said Sgt. Wade McDonald, lead homicide investigator on the case.

He added the'highlight' for Yurkiw was when he travelled to Vancouver to work the closing ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

McDonald saidthere doesn't appear to be a motive in Yurkiw's death.

"He was a son, he was a brotherand a friend to many. His family wants and deserves justice, as does our entire community,"he said.

McDonald said several people have been interviewed over the past year, and homicide investigators recovered male DNA from the crime scene, which has helped them come up with a description of the suspect.
Police say they have been unable to come up with motive in Yurkiw's stabbing death.


Police are looking for a man in his early 20s, approximately five feet seven inches in height, with a thin build and short brown hair, possibly in a buzz-cut. They say he might wear a long-sleeved, grey plaid shirt, an aqua green shirt under the plaid shirt and longer dark blue shorts.

They believe helives or lived in the area, and people in the neighbourhoodwould have seen him.

He urged anyone with information tocall (204) 986-6508 or contact Crime Stoppers.