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It was a shocking murder case from the Ottawa Valley: a son accused of hiring a hitman to brutally kill his wealthy father.

Now, nearly 20 years after Kenneth Dick was left to die in a Renfrew County field, the final chapter in the story may have been written.

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This week, convicted killer Leroy Baumhour died from natural causes in a Kingston prison, age 66.

Nonetheless, the crime and the questions that haunted the victim’s family for years remain, mostly because the man accused of plotting his father’s death never had his day in court.

In fact, Lois Dick, sister-in-law of the slain Kenneth Dick, said Friday she believes Baumhour has taken a secret to his grave, one she says “tore the family apart.”

Baumhour confessed to killing Kenneth Dick, the well-liked and well-to-do 81-year-old cattle rancher.

He testified in 2000 that he had been promised $8,000 in cash for doing the deed on Aug. 24, 1999.