Shortly after 1 a.m. on February 23, 1979, Port Coquitlam taxi dispatcher Lucille Raven took a call from a soft spoken man who asked for a cab to take him to Patricia Avenue. The caller asked to be picked up at the same street corner where, a few minutes earlier, a bus driver dropped off an 18-year-old man who had been visiting his girlfriend in Vancouver. The man told the bus driver that he was heading for Patricia Avenue and Coast Meridian Road in Port Coquitlam and had enough money for a taxi. Ms. Raven told the caller that the taxi would be at the street corner in about 45 minutes. At 1:50 a.m. Greg Belliveau radioed that he had picked up the passenger at the street corner and was heading for Coast Meridian Road. Mr. Belliveau, 22 years old, was born in St. Boniface, MB, where his parents still lived. Sometime after 2 a.m. the local RCMP received a report of a cab parked with its engine running in an alley between Sefton Street and Coast Meridian. Officers found Mr. Belliveau slumped over the door of his taxi. He had been stabbed twice in the chest. He was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster but died minutes after his arrival. The police officers saw the silhouette of a man at the rear of the taxi when they arrived, but were unable to apprehend him. A knife blade and pieces of a broken knife handle were found in a yard not far from where the taxi was parked.

Greg Belliveau's grave, Robinson Memorial Park, Coquitlam, British Columbia. Photo by Margaret S., 2014 (Source: FindaGrave.com) The 18-year-old man was traced to his construction job on Vancouver Island and arrested. His trial for second degree murder opened in October, 1979. In November the Crown and defence agreed that there was not enough evidence to sustain a second-degree murder conviction. The man was acquitted of all charges.