After over three decades, Toronto police have put out a renewed call for information regarding the murder of 28-year-old Richard Thomas Moore.

At around 7 a.m. on Dec. 3, 1988, Moore’s body was found by a cyclist on Colborne Lodge Drive near High Park off the roadway in the grass. He had been beaten and stabbed multiple times.

The suspected murder weapon, a four-and-a-half-inch German-made Solingen knife, was recovered. Det.-Sgt. Stacy Gallant said the knife was “recently” sent to the Centre of Forensic Sciences for analysis to develop a DNA profile of the offender.

Moore, a Parkdale resident who was employed as a labourer, was last seen the prior evening at the Edgewater Hotel at Roncesvalles Avenue and Queen Street West.

Gallant said in a Toronto police video that robbery appeared to have been the motive in this killing. His empty wallet was found several hundred yards from the body.

“Even if 31 years has passed, those responsible need to be held accountable for their actions,” said Gallant.