{"id":927480,"date":"2026-10-10T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927480\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T07:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:08:25","slug":"police-in-peel-region-warn-of-high-risk-offender-released-back-into-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927480\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Peel Region warn of &#8216;high-risk&#8217; offender released back into community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Peel Region have issued a public safety advisory following the release of a \u201chigh-risk\u201d offender back into the community.<\/p>\n<p>Police say 74-year-old Gil DaSilva was released from custody on Oct 9 after completing a sentence for manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>DaSilva was arrested in the March 2017 in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2017\/05\/03\/man-charged-with-murder-after-woman-found-dead-in-port-credit-driveway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the murder of his son\u2019s girlfriend, 43-year-old Cheryl McVarish<\/a>, in Mississauga. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGil has an extensive criminal history, including convictions for violent offences,\u201d police said in a release on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeel Regional Police\u2019s Offender Management Unit believes Gil Dasilva presents a significant risk to public safety and an elevated risk of re-offending or breaching his conditions, particularly involving women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police say they will be monitoring DaSilva\u2019s activities and ensure he complies with his court-ordered conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not indicate where in the region DaSilva intends to reside but asked members of the public not to approach him.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791616105_901_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Peel Region have issued a public safety advisory following the release of a \u201chigh-risk\u201d offender back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-927480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}