Toronto Homicide #60 – Jayanthy Seevaratnam murdered by her husband

Toronto police and paramedics responded to a medical call for assistance in the area of Empringham Drive and Sewells Road at around 1:40pm December 12th.

EMS located the woman without vital signs. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased.

Police have taken a man into custody and the Homicide Squad has taken over the case.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

Update December 15th
Toronto police hve identified the victim as Jayanthy Seevaratnam, 46, of Toronto. Seevaratnam’s husband Kathirgamanatha Suppiah, 45, has been charged with second degree murder.

The Toronto 2017 homicide victim list is available here.