eJ StReal Estate SPORTS See what's Lawn bowling skips secure ~? ~ eson the market silver at the provincials t9e inside Page 22 COI MUNITY I Couple learns how fragile life is following ordeal with baby rage 8 f A ETOLNDCOMUIT NWSAER VO. 45NO 3 TESAJULY 202004 $100 (GSI included) 44 PAGES "Using Communication to Build Better Communities" F -Community mourns death of local dentist Dr. David Dumencu murdered in On/llia By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion Milton is mouming the loss of a much-Ioved dentist, hockey coach and family man as police hunt for his killer. Dr. David Dumencu, 42, was found lying unconscious in tbe parking lot of an Orillia-arca savem at about 2 arn. Friday. said Sgt. Dave Lee of tbe OPP's Orillia detacbrnent. He bad serious bead injuries and was taken by ambulance to a bospital in Orillia before being transferred to Toronto Western Hospital wbere be died early Sundayrnorning. "We are calling it a murder." Sgt. Lee said. 'First we were callig it a suspicious deatb, but now its a bomicide." Sgt. Lee said it was an ernployee of tbe Atberley Arrus Tavern - wbicb Mr. Dumencu bad visited earlier that nigbt wbo called 911 after frnding brus. Tbe tavern is located in Rarnara Township, a rural area a stones tbrow froru ~Kd of steel Nnsa-odC Connor Brodie of Mâlos hoad Into the transiton usa Mier flnlahlng the bite lg of the Kide of Steel triathion Saturday mornlng. Se more pho- tos and resulta of the evant on page 23. Photo by GRAH-AM PAINE Oihla. Police wouldn't say mucb about the cir- curustances surrounding Dr. Dumencu's deatri, includmng how the head injuries were inflicted and how long he had been in the parking lot before emergency services arrived. Dr. Dumencu leaves behind a wife and three children. A post mortem was perfonned yesterday in Toronto to determine thie exact cause of deatri. At press tinie, the resulis badnt yet been relcased. In keeping witb Dr. Dumencus wisbes, his organs will be donated to help others, police said. His family declined commentimg, requesting privacy during tbis difficult tune, as did employees at tbe dental office he shared with Dr. David Johnson. Dr. Dumencu, known as Dr. Dave to bis patients, practiced at Soutbview Dental Clinie, 550 Ontario St. S. A patient of Dr. Dumencu - wbo didn't want to give ber naine - gasped yesterday momning when she beard thie news. see DUMENCU on page 2 Coinint ..........6 Business........ 11-12 Champion Country . .13-18 Dateline .......... 21 Classified ....... 26-28 0 TUE8OAY.JUIN20.0 * q MiiuBpiaChurshE* eRona/Cahway *SpoftCbak * eMUUne Golf Acadeffny 0 Swlus Chale *Sclected amui only www.miltontoyota.com