No wallet. No phone. No ID.And so the victim who was pushed off the eastbound subway platform at Bloor and Yonge on Monday morning, in front of horrified commuters, remained a John Doe for hour after hour after hour.From the emergency department at St. Michael’s Hospital, where the man succumbed to his injuries, to the autopsy table, to a morgue drawer — unnamed, unclaimed.So sad, in this city of nearly 3 million, there are people who lead such apparently isolated lives that nobody misses them as time stretches. Investigators were seriously considering releasing a “cleaned up” photo of the deceased, in hopes somebody would recognize the middle-aged male. “That’s the last line in the sand,” said homicide Det.-Sgt. Gary Giroux.By midday Tuesday, lead Det. Rob North told reporters police were fairly confident they had just established the victim’s identity but wouldn’t release a name until next of kin had been notified. In late afternoon, the victim was formally identified as 73-year-old Toronto resident Yosuke Hayahara.Still, not a clue why he was shoved off the platform into the path of an oncoming train, allegedly by a man he did not know.Read more:Police charge suspect with first-degree murder after man pushed off subway platformSecurity searches at police board meetings violate Constitutional rights, judge rulesBody of missing York University student Zabia Afzal found after month-long searchCan there ever be a sane why for berserk happenstance?On a subway system used by about a million passengers a day?The randomness of the act is chilling.“It’s terrible, it’s tragic that this happened to him,” Giroux has said earlier. “To remain unclaimed is equally tragic.”A crime without a known motive.These have been dreadful weeks, through May and June, of homicides piling up and other lives just as randomly spared: Two children, sisters, shot (they’re both recovering) in a Sca ...
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