David Jon Malloy was a 44-year-old taxi driver for Vancouver Yellow Cab who was fatally attacked after a Sunday shift that began at about 2:00 p.m. on March 17, 1996. Malloy, a University of British Columbia alumnus with a master’s in library science, worked much of the day in the West End. At about 9:30 p.m. he picked up a passenger near Seymour and Robson; that passenger directed him across Burrard Inlet into North Vancouver and then attacked him behind the 700 block of West 20th Street.

Malloy suffered more than 20 stab wounds to his back, neck, head and left hand and was robbed of his wallet and his taxi. Despite his injuries he was conscious when found and described the attack and his assailant to witnesses and police. The stolen Yellow Cab was seen later in downtown Vancouver and recovered abandoned, but forensic examination did not produce evidence to identify the killer. Malloy was taken to Lions Gate Hospital and died on March 19, 1996; one account says a stroke related to the stabbings contributed to his death.

Investigators developed a composite from eyewitness descriptions — a dark-skinned man with a goatee, glasses and a white baseball cap — and a reward was offered, but no public arrest or charge has been recorded. Does anyone have information about Malloy, his route that night, or the suspect seen driving the stolen cab?