‘we Will Find Him’: B.c. Taxi Driver’s Accused Killer At Large 3 Months After Fleeing Recovery House - Beritaja
The man accused of sidesplitting a Vancouver Taxi driver remains astatine ample aft constabulary allege he fled his betterment location successful Abbotsford complete the summer. The nationalist wasn’t informed that the alleged slayer was connected the lam until 3 months later.
Jordan Conway, 26, is wanted connected a Canada-wide warrant for manslaughter successful the decease of Aden Hersi.
“I don’t understand really he escaped,” Hersi’s nephew Abdirashid Jimale told BERITAJA Thurs.
Conway allegedly assaulted Hersi wrong his taxi aft the cabbie picked him up adjacent the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain position successful August 2022.
Hersi, who immigrated to Canada from Somalia 3 decades earlier, suffered life-altering injuries successful the attack.
The longtime cab driver spent months successful the infirmary earlier he died successful November 2023, arsenic a result, constabulary said, of injuries he sustained successful the assault.
“He didn’t merit this astatine all,” said Jimale. “Aden, he suffered much than 1 twelvemonth successful infirmary for that injury.”
Conway was charged pinch manslaughter and battle connected August 30, 2024 and released from custody days later, connected Sept. 8.
Court records bespeak a warrant was issued for Conway’s apprehension connected May 21, and by June 13, he was successful custody.
On July 7, Conway was released and ordered to abide by 11 conditions – including surviving astatine Into Action Recovery successful Abbotsford.
Vancouver constabulary said Conway near the betterment location “without notice” sometime overnight betwixt July 12 and July 13, and aggregate B.C.-wide warrants for breach of merchandise conditions were issued.
In an email connected Thursday, Abbotsford constabulary said it doesn’t look they were notified of Conway’s disappearance, and the betterment installation apt notified the bail supervisor directly, who would person issued the warrant.
The warrant, said Sgt. Paul Walker would past beryllium sent backmost to the constabulary agency responsible for the original charges Conway was astatine the betterment location for, which successful this case, is the VPD.
When BERITAJA visited the betterment location connected Thursday. and asked really Conway was allegedly capable to locomotion away, a man who came to the doorway said he could not disclose immoderate accusation because it was a backstage and confidential file.
“This benignant of personification shouldn’t beryllium released connected the street,” Jimale said successful an interview. “I judge they should put successful jailhouse until his trial.”
After Conway allegedly grounded to show up successful tribunal for a preliminary enquiry connected the manslaughter complaint connected Oct. 7, a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Oct. 21, Vancouver constabulary issued a news release, requesting the public’s thief successful locating Conway.
“We took a number of steps to effort to find Conway anterior to asking for the public’s assistance,” said Sgt. Steve Addison. “We judge that Conway is taking deliberate steps to debar having to spell to court.”
Conway besides faces outstanding warrants for 3 charges of breaching his merchandise conditions successful Abbotsford – doubly connected July 13 and erstwhile connected July 17 – each related to the manslaughter investigation.
The VPD said it is actively looking for Conway, and investigators were pursuing up connected tips successful Vancouver arsenic precocious arsenic Thursday afternoon.
“He knows were connected to him and we will find him, it’s conscionable taking a small longer than we initially hoped,” Addison said Thurs.
“Aden deserved much than that,” Jimale told BERITAJA.
Hersi’s nephew described him arsenic a generous man who did galore things for his organization of cab drivers.
“He (was) conscionable a quiet guy, he ne'er had a problem pinch the organization aliases cipher else,” said Jimale.
Vancouver Taxi driver Abdulgani Mohammed, who described himself arsenic a adjacent comparative of Hersi, visited the unfortunate during the 15 months he spent successful infirmary earlier his death.
“He was a nice, serene man,” Mohammed said successful an interview.
He said he and Hersi, who grew up successful the aforesaid mini municipality successful East Africa, came to Canada successful the precocious 1980s and worked together astatine Vancouver Taxi for much than 20 years.
“We tally distant from (an) injustice country, criminals, killing, dictatorship,” said Mohammed. “I dream he will get justness and Canada, I hope, will supply that.”
Anyone who sees Conway is asked to telephone 9-1-1 immediately.
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