58 years later, Drew Kivell still hopes to solve his father’s murder

It was called the “perfect murder.”

On Saturday June 18, 1960, Glenn Kivell and Marion Bagshaw were shot “in a savage barrage” in the kitchen of her East Gwillimbury farmhouse. The only witness, according to newspapers, which made much of this at the time, was Marion’s pet flying squirrel. The couple was having a beer, and a partially made salad was on the counter.

The bodies were found the next day by a neighbour who came to check on Marion because her laundry was still hanging on a clothesline.  A small detail that provides a glimpse into the past life of this quiet community, about an hour north of Toronto.

It seems they never had a chance. Newspaper articles reported Marion was still sitting at the kitchen table, her legs crossed. Glenn was lying face down at her feet. They died within seconds of each other. It was a gruesome scene.