MUS-2026-0196
Archive card
MUS-2026-0196
Homicide
- Incident
- 2001
- Indexed
- Oct 11, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Toronto Police Service
- Location
- Toronto ON
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
David Buller, 50, a University of Toronto fine-arts professor, was stabbed six times in his office on January 18, 2001, in a busy academic building in broad daylight, with a baby shower happening on the floor below. No one saw or heard anything; his body was found the next morning. There was zero DNA at the scene and no suspects have ever been named; the only clue was a cryptic sketch on his computer. Toronto Homicide still asks for tips.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2001
David Buller, 50, is stabbed six times in his University of Toronto office on January 18, 2001.
- 2001
His body is found the next morning. No DNA is recovered and no suspects are ever named.
Key people
The people in the file.
50, of Toronto, Ontario. A University of Toronto fine-arts professor found stabbed in his office on January 19, 2001.
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Investigating agency
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