Durham police have issued a public alert after a man serving a life sentence for killing a teenager was released into a Southern Ontario community after being granted a 72-hour unescorted temporary absence permit.
In the March 2 advisory, the Durham Regional Police Service described 65-year-old Darren Scott Ray as a “high-risk offender” with a history of serious violent crime.
Police said Ray is currently residing in Oshawa under strict conditions and “poses a significant risk to the community.” He was found guilty nearly 40 years ago of strangling a 14-year-old boy to death.
Police said the five-foot-nine indigenous man has an average build, weighs 199 pounds and is bald with glasses….