Episode 058: Albert Walker and the Murder of Ronald Platt

On July 28, 1996, two fishermen found the body of a middle-aged man off the Devon coast in England. The body was soon identified as Ronald Platt, thanks to the service records for the Rolex watch the man had been wearing. This started the unraveling of tracking down one of Interpol’s and Canada’s most wanted con men. 

 

Sources: 

Roxanne Egan-Elliott, “'Rolex Killer' denied day parole from B.C. prison”, Vancouver Sun, Feb 25, 2024, https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/bc-rolex-killer-albert-walker-denied-day-parole, accessed May 3, 2025. 

 

“'Fugitive financier' turned killer sentenced to 4 years for fraud”, CBC News, July 23, 2007, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fugitive-financier-turned-killer-sentenced-to-4-years-for-fraud-1.680783, accessed May 3, 2025. 

 

“'Fugitive financier' turned killer pleads guilty to fraud, theft”, CBC News, April 26, 2007, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fugitive-financier-turned-killer-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-theft-1.658475, accessed May 3, 2025. 

 

Gatenby, Alex, “Sea of Lies”, CBC News, Jan 27, 2025, https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/sea-of-lies, accessed May 3, 2025. 

 

“Albert Johnson Walker Crime Files”, Crime and Investigation, https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/albert-johnson-walker, accessed May 3, 2025. 

 

Susan Gamble, “Notorious Ontario killer-conman Albert Walker, now 77, gets day parole”, Toronto Sun, June 28, 2023, https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/notorious-killer-conman-albert-walker-now-77-gets-day-parole/wcm/488dacbe-3230-4cec-bd9a-071cbd5ca806, accessed May 3, 2025.