Heroes in life memorial.

Police in Toronto and elsewhere are today saying prayers to mark the death of Det. Const. William (Bill) Hancox, who was killed 22-years ago.

It was on August 4, 1998, when Hancox was working in plainclothes and sitting in a police vehicle when two female suspects approached the car and fatally stabbed him.

Police said at the time  a broadcast was received from Hancox advising that he had been stabbed and needed help.

“Officers attended the location and found him lying near his police vehicle,” police said. “Emergency first aid was applied and he was transported to hospital.”

The husband and father succumbed to his injuries later that evening.

The women were arrested and convicted in his death.

Hancox was 32-years-old at the time and had been with the Toronto Police Service for nine years.

“I will never forget that day,” Lynn Gardner Perani wrote on social media.  “Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”