CHILLING FINDS

Drive-in disposals may rob vast rural township of Caledon of its title as Canada’s ‘safest city’

Caledon’s dark, rolling expanses have become a dumping ground for killers, with seven bodies found in four years,

The “Welcome to Caledon” signs at the edge of town, an hour’s drive north of Toronto, might be in need of a caveat. Welcome . . . unless of course you’re here to dispose of a body. Crime rates below the national average have earned the idyllic rural township at Peel Region’s north end the title of Canada’s “safest city” four years running by Maclean’s magazine.

But it would seem the township, dotted with farms and upscale estates, has become a dumping ground for the GTA’S murderous criminals, with seven cases of bodies dumped or people left for dead over the past four years.

“It is something that we’ve considered and wondered why for quite some time,” said OPP media relations officer Const. Peter Leon.

The most recent case was that of 73year-old Ivan Newton Davison, whose body was discovered last month at the edge of town, in a ditch on the King Township side of Caledon King Townline S., just north of Mt. Pleasant Rd.

It’s not completely clear why Caledon has become de facto dumping territory, but police and local residents have developed similar theories.

In many cases, it’s believed the victims were killed and abducted from surrounding areas: Brampton, Orangeville and Bradford West Gwillimbury.

JENNIFER PAGLIARO/TORONTO STAR Police tape remains near the Caledon-king Township line, where 73-year-old Ivan Newton Davison was discovered, the latest body found in the area.

Bodies dumped in Caledon Since 2007, seven bodies have been dumped in the rural township of Caledon northwest of Toronto, four of them in the last year. 1. Dec. 26, 2011: Ivan Newton Davison, 73 2. Nov. 10, 2011: Devinder Kumar, 38 3. Aug. 20, 2011:...