Halifax woman’s murder still a mystery 35 years later

Jean Hilda Myra was last seen around midnight on April 4, 1990 leaving a tavern in the south end of Barrington Street. (Photo courtesy: Halifax Regional Police/RCMP)

The murder of a 31-year-old woman in Halifax’s south end remains a mystery 35 years after her death.

Halifax Regional Police received a report that a citizen had found a body under a set of stairs near the west side of the grain elevators, just south of South Bland Street, around 10:48 a.m. on April 5, 1990.

The woman was identified as Jean Hilda Myra and her death was ruled a homicide.

Police determined Myra had been living at the Halifax YMCA at the time of her death. She was last seen leaving a tavern in the south end of Barrington Street around midnight on April 4, 1990. Police say she was known to frequent the south end of Halifax.

Saturday will mark 35 years since Myra’s death. Police have yet to make an arrest in the cold case, though they say the investigation is ongoing.

“Investigators believe that there are people who have information about Jean’s homicide and ask that they do the right thing and come forward with what they know,” said Halifax Regional Police in a news release Friday.

Myra’s homicide is part of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program, which offers a cash reward of up to $150,000 for information that leads to an arrest in certain major unsolved crimes.

Anyone with information about the death of Jean Hilda Myra is asked to contact police at 902-490-5020 or the rewards program at 1-888-710-9090.

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