# Stolen Life, Stolen Identity: The Murder of Dwayne Demkiw

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Podcast: [Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dark-poutine-true-crime-and-dark-history-329170)
Published: 2026-02-16T08:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3440

## Resource

Episode 406: It was a bright Sunday late-morning, on May 31, 2015, in Calgary, Alberta, when a passerby heard a bang inside an airport‑area parkade and saw smoke pouring from the trunk of a black Acura. The car was still running, licence plate gone, still aflame as firefighters moved in, and a bystander quietly filmed a lone man walking away, glancing back at the burning vehicle. When investigators opened the doors, they found no driver, but blood soaked into the driver’s seat, the door, and the back seat, telling them someone had bled heavily inside that car. The Acura was registered to a 42‑year‑old limo driver, Dwayne Demkiw, who lived three hours north in Edmonton and hadn’t been seen since he finished a late shift around 4 a.m. that same morning. While his friends frantically called his phone and posted online, police in two cities were starting to realize they might be dealing with something far worse than a stolen car. Sources: Remembering Dwayne Demkiw | Reel by Dateline NBCDwayne Demkiw - Lets bring him home | FacebookDwayne Demkiw | Global News, Videos & ArticlesR v Steadman, 2018 ABQB 1045 (CanLII)R v Steadman, 2021 ABCA 332 (CanLII)R v Sproule, 2025 ABKB 91 (CanLII)R v Sproule, 2025 ABKB 707 (CanLII)Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: Dwayne DemkiwSomebody's Hiding Something s02e03 | Crave"Dateline NBC" The Case of the Man with No Name (2023) IMDbDwayne Eugene Demkiw | ObituaryDonate to Dwayne Demkiw - Justice, Grieving & Healing, organized by Jesta Menace5 horrifying details about the murder of Canadian limo driver Dwayne Demkiw | PrimetimerFugitive charged in Edmonton murder lived under stolen identity: investigators | Globe & MailFamily thanks the person who found the bones of their missing son | CBC NewsHomicide victim's friend removed evidence from crime s…

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