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The discovery of DNA and the offer of a reward have provided some leads in the 11-year-investigation into the brutal slaying of a Londoner with a double life.
"We have received some information as a result of the reward offered," said Det. Insp. Ian Maule of the OPP's unsolved homicide investigations team.
"We are following up on all the responses."
Police announced Oct. 29 that DNA had been developed from evidence that could lead to the killer or killers of Salvadore (Sam) Vecchio.
They also announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers.
The body of the 35-year-old Vecchio was found Dec. 15, 1998, in a shallow grave on a desolate gravel road near Iona Station.
To his family and some friends, he was a successful businessperson with real estate holdings and outward signs of success, such as one of the few Ferraris in London.
Others knew Vecchio as a loan shark, co-owner of a porn website and friend of outlaw bikers and a mob enforcer.
He was last seen in London two days after his 35th birthday, on Dec. 13. His family thought he was headed to Florida.
On Dec. 18, his Mercedes-Benz was discovered in the parking lot at Terminal 1 at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
Police believe more than one person took Vecchio by force from a location in London to the Iona Station area.
Anyone with information is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or (705) 329-6111.