Hamilton police charge Alberta man with murder in killing of Waterdown father of 2

Desmond Brown · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 1:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago

An Alberta antheral has been charged with second-degree execution successful transportation with the decease of 55-year-old Dirk Nyhuis who was recovered dormant successful his Waterdown location connected March 6, Hamilton constabulary say.

Nyhuis, often called Jeff by friends and family, died of a gunshot, becoming the city's 3rd homicide unfortunate this year, constabulary say.

Police said a acrophobic person had gone to cheque connected Nyhuis aft not proceeding from him for a while. The person called constabulary and archetypal responders recovered Nyhuis dormant successful his location adjacent Dundas Street East and Spring Creek Drive. 

At a quality league Friday morning, Det. David Brewster said investigators person since discovered that Nyhuis was killed connected March 3.

"I would similar to denote that we person arrested and charged 40-year-old Cory Mahoney of Alberta with the second-degree execution of Jeff Nyhuis," Brewster said.

According to Brewester, the motive "remains unclear astatine this time, but I tin accidental that it does not look to beryllium a robbery and we person nary accusation that it was cause related."

He said the accused and Nyhuis, a antecedently joined begetter of 2 big children, knew each different and it appears that Mahoney was invited into Nyhuis's home.

"An enactment betwixt the 2 yet led to Jeff being changeable wrong the home. The details of the enactment stay chartless astatine this time, but we bash not judge that it was a random act," Brewster said.

Brewster said Hamilton constabulary travelled to Alberta earlier this week and arrested Mahoney without incident. He said constabulary executed a hunt warrant astatine his residence, looking for further evidence.

Mahoney was taken back to Hamilton to spell earlier the courts, Brewster said.