Slain teen was afraid to talk, uncle says
Harley Guindon says he could sense his niece Rori Hache was too afraid to talk when he hugged her one last time in late August.
“It was the largest hug I ever got in my life,” said Guindon, 32, proprietor of Harley G’s clothing store on Simcoe St. S. in Oshawa. “It was heartbreaking, astounding.”
A few days later, Rori, 18, vanished from downtown Oshawa. A few weeks after that, at around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, a fisherman in the Simcoe St. S. and Harbour Rd. area found a torso in the water. DNA testing revealed it was from Rori.
Earlier this month, Durham police said the torso showed significant signs of trauma. She is the eighth homicide in Durham region for 2017.
Const. George Tudos of Durham Regional Police Service said on Wednesday that there was no update on the case.
Since Hache’s disappearance, Guindon said he keeps thinking about the final hug from Rori, just before she vanished.
“The way she clung to me just before her disappearance was not usual,” Guindon said.
That hug left him feeling oddly helpless, Guindon said. That’s an odd feeling for him. He’s a Hells Angel biker with a lengthy jail and prison record for drug offences and a tattoo on his back announces his fight record while behind bars — 41wins and no losses.
“Maybe she wanted me to take her with me but she didn’t say anything. I didn’t know how to help her.”