The 2025 Toronto Homicide Victim List is available here
On Friday, September 5, 2025, around 5:50 p.m., police responded to a medical emergency in the area of Glenlake Avenue and High Park Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers found a woman with injuries inside a vehicle. She was taken to hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The victim has been identified as 21-year-old Serenity Brown of Toronto.
Police have released an image related to the case and confirmed that this marks the city’s 30th homicide of the year.
Update: On September 8, 2025, Trinel Thornhill, 48, of Toronto was arrested and charged with:
- Second Degree Murder
Police did not release whether he was known to the victim.
He is scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 10 a.m., in room 301.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact police at 416-808-7400 or to reach out to Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).