Episode 145: Two Disappearances, One Suspect: The Rori Hache and Kandis Fitzpatrick Story

Oshawa, Ontario, a quiet city along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. The kind of place where people know each other. Where neighborhoods feel familiar. Where nothing this horrific is supposed to happen. On the morning of December 29th, 2017, plumbers responded to what they thought was just another clogged pipe inside an apartment on McMillan Drive. What they found instead would unravel one of the most disturbing murder investigations in the Durham Region’s history. Inside that apartment, police would uncover evidence that connected not just one missing young woman but two. Who disappeared nearly a decade apart. Rori Hache was 18 years old when she disappeared in 2017. Kandis Fitzpatrick was just 19 when she vanished back in 2008. For years, one of those cases sat in the shadows, unanswered. Until plumbing, of all things, brought everything to the surface. At the center of it all: Adam Strong. A man described by some as generous and quiet and by others as violent and sexually sadistic. A man who, during interrogation, stayed eerily calm. Curious about the evidence. Interested in the case being built against him. In this episode, we’re talking about the investigation, the interrogations that stretched for hours, the forensic discoveries inside a cluttered apartment, and the courtroom battle that followed. This story reminds us that evil is everywhere and that the truth will always find its way out.   Drug Helpline US: 1-844-289-0879 Canada: Get Help with Substance Abuse    Sources: CBC – Adam Strong sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years in killings of 2 Ontario women – Liam Casey – May 28, 2021 - Adam Strong sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years in killings of 2 Ontario women | CBC News The News Advertiser – Team of 12 working hard to fill in the blanks surrounding death of Rori Hache – Jeff Mitchell – March 1, 2018 CTV News – Judge tells Ontario man he will ‘never be seen in public again’ while sentencing him to life in prison – Codi Wilson – May 28, 2021 - Judge tells Ontario man he will 'never be seen in public again' while sentencing him to life in prison Find a Grave – Rori Chantel Hache – Obituary - Rori Chantel Hache (1999-2017) - Find a Grave Memorial CBC – Kandis Fitzpatrick’s remains found 14 years after she went missing – convicted killer led police to body – Julia Alevato – February 16, 2022 - Kandis Fitzpatrick's remains found 14 years after she went missing — convicted killer led police to body | CBC News AB-TC – Kandis Fitzpatrick Obituary: Who was Kandis Fitzpatrick? How old was Kandis Fitpatrick? – Eastwood Christian – February 19, 2022 - Kandis Fitzpatrick Obituary: Who was Kandis Fitzpatrick? How old was Kandis Fitzpatrick? - ABTC Unidentified – Kandis Olga Fitzpatrick - Kandis Fitzpatrick | Unidentified Wiki | Fandom True Crime Avenue – The Tragic Case of Adam Strong: How Plumbers Exposed a Double Murderer in Ontario, Canada – January 1, 2025 -The Tragic Case of Adam Strong: How Plumbers Exposed a Double Murderer in Ontario, Canada Hulu – Interrogation Raw – Season 1, Episode 11 Wikipedia – Oshawa - Oshawa - Wikipedia Toronto Star – Accused killer Adam Strong’s refusal to leave cell sparks rage in Oshawa courtroom – August 30, 2019 – Jeff Mitchell - Accused killer Adam Strong’s refusal to leave cell sparks rage in Oshawa courtroom