OPP said a body of a 21-year-old man from the GTA was discovered on the shoulder of highway 527 that connects the Trans-Canada Highway to the community of Armstrong on January 13th.
Sgt. Mike Golding, said the death is being treated as suspicious with foul play suspected. The identity of the victim has not been released at this time.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Winnipeg police and emergency services personnel responded to a home in the 500 block of Burrows Avenue on a report of a shooting on January 7th.
The victim, Dexter Cortavista Dejarisco, 31, was found suffering from a severe gunshot wound. Cortavista Dejarisco was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries on January 15th.
Benny Lance Hansen, 34, of Winnipeg, was initially arrested and charged with aggravated assault, however since the death of Cortavista Dejarisco the charge has been upgraded to second degree murder.
Murders in 2019 So Far: 3 (22 in 2018)
2018 Winnipeg Homicide Victim List is available here.
January
1 – Adam Travis Martin, Male, 31, Shooting
2 – Eunjee Kim, Female, 41, Unknown
3 – Dexter Cortavista Dejarisco, Male, 31, Shooting
Wood Buffalo RCMP responded to reports of a stabbing at a home in
Janvier on January 15th. On arrival Police located the deceased body of Wanda Cardinal, 37.
Eugenia Herman, 26, was arrested later that day and charged with second-degree murder. She is scheduled to appear in Fort McMurray Provincial Court on Jan. 21.
The December 2017 Homicide Victim List is available here.
Canada December Murder Count: 30
Males: 21
Females: 9
Age of Youngest Victim: 3
Age of Oldest Victim: 82
Murders By Province or Territory
ON 12
AB 6
QC 4
BC 4
MB 3
NB 1
YT 0
SK 0
PE 0
NU 0
NT 0
NS 0
NL 0
Murders by Type
Beating 0
Shooting 13
Stabbing 3
Other 0
Unknown 14
Murders By City
Toronto 5
Winnipeg 3
Montreal 3
Edmonton 3
Mississauga 2
Calgary 2
Thunder Bay 1
Surrey 1
St.Stephen 1
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 1
Rocky Mountain House 1
Richmod Hill 1
Prince George 1
North Vancouver 1
North Bay 1
Hamilton 1
Dawson Creek 1
Caledon 1
Victims and links to more information on each homicide:
Bu, Wenlan, 49, Edmonton AB
Doe, Jane, Calgary, AB
Doe, Jane, Edmonton, AB
Doe, Jane, 3, Edmonton AB
Doe, Jane, 82, Mississauga ON
Doe, John, Dawson Creek, BC
Doe, John, North Bay, ON
Doe, John, Surrey, BC
Doe, John, 30, Prince George BC
Doe, John, 38, Montreal QC
Doe, John, 41, Montreal QC
Driver-Martin, Riley , 14, Mississauga ON
Farah, Cimran, 20, Toronto ON
Gayle-West, Jonathan, 29, Toronto ON
Grenier, Laurie-Anne, 28, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC
Habib-Joumaa, Rock, 25, North Vancouver BC
Hibi, Ricardo Junior, 34, Winnipeg MB
Jacob, Braiden, 17, Thunder Bay ON
John, Doe, 44, Montreal QC
John, Lawrence Errol Joel, 28, Toronto ON
Kubica, Lisa Marie, 38, Winnipeg MB
Leo, Joshua, 17, Hamilton ON
Mac, Roy Chi Yan, 38, Calgary AB
Parker, Jeffrey, 35, Toronto ON
Rafipour, Soheli, 33, Richmod Hill ON
Sharpe, Samantha, 25, Rocky Mountain House AB
Smoke, Tyler Evan, 26, Winnipeg MB
Swartz, Tyler, 18, Caledon ON
Tracey, Crystal, 52, St.Stephen NB
Velasquez, Edwin Chris Humberto, 34, Toronto ON
Blaine Lake RCMP responded to a report of an unresponsive woman outside of her home on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, on January 13th at approximately 12:50pm.
Police arrived to find EMS on scene. The victim, 56-year-old Joanne Wolfe-Lafond was pronounced deceased at the scene. An autopsy was completed on January 16th deeming the death to be suspicious.
Cause of death has not been released at this time.
Bay D’Espoir RCMP responded to report of a suspicious death of a woman on January 9th at approximately 930 pm.
Police arrived to the home where they found 28-year-old Chantel John, an indigenous woman of Conne River, deceased.
RCMP arrested 35-year-old Kirk Keeping of St. Jacques, NL, and charged him with first degree murder. Cause of death has not been released at this time.
Winnipeg police responded to report of a domestic incident in progress at a home in the 500 block of Daer Boulevard on January 9th.
Police arrived to find Eunjee Kim, 41, unconscious. Kim was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
Juhyun Park, a 44-year-old male of Winnipeg, has been charged with manslaughter.
Toronto police responded to report of a shooting at 100 Dundalk drive on January 12th at approximately 12:18am.
Police and paramedics found Lingathasan Suntharamoorthy, 36, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Suntharamoorthy was pronounced at the scene.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-4100.
Toronto police responded to report of gunshots in the area of
Redwater Drive and Elmhurst Drive on January 9th at 9:20 pm.
Police arrived to find 18-year-old Aseel Yehya , suffering from gunshot wound. He was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries.
It has been reported by Toronto Police that the young man was approached by a dark coloured vehicle when gunshots were heard. The victim attempted to flee the area on foot, when he was was shot and collapsed.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400
The 2019 Toronto Homicide Victim List is available here.