A 25-year-old man has been charged with second-degree homicide in relation to the invention of a person’s physique in a house on Woolwich Avenue earlier this week.
Police attended the townhouse complicated at 576 Woolwich St. on Tuesday for a wellness verify of the tenant. Inside, a 51-year-old man was discovered unresponsive and pronounced deceased by paramedics.
By way of subsequent investigation, which included a autopsy examination, the dying was dominated a murder, states a police information launch.
“It is believed the victim died on or about October 21,” states the discharge, 15 days earlier than the person’s physique was discovered. “There is no ongoing threat to public safety.”
The accused, who was already in custody on unrelated issues, has been charged with second-degree homicide.
He’s recognized by police as having no fastened handle.
The constructing the place the physique was discovered is an everyday spot for law enforcement officials, in keeping with a 13-year resident Cathy Cripps.
She stated that is the primary murder within the complicated since she’s lived there, however she is used to seeing police due to fights and trespassers, amongst different issues.
“You just mention ‘oh, I live at 576 Woolwich,’ you get ‘oh’ from the police because they’re here all the time. I don’t mean because of homicides. They’re here all the time.”
There are about 100 items within the two-floor townhouse complicated and it’s all sponsored housing.
It was once a constructing strictly housing individuals aged 55 and older, however Cripps stated the rule modified over the previous few years to permit anybody of any age to use and hire a unit.
She stated some youthful people who’ve since moved in have brought about issues, alluding to unlawful drug exercise.
“There’s people coming in and out of here 24/7,” she stated.
Safety cameras could be seen throughout the constructing, and safety guards have been employed to patrol the constructing (and one other constructing on Waterloo Avenue) between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m.
As for the sufferer?
“I just knew him to see him,” Cripps stated, later including the 51-year-old wouldn’t have been concerned in any drug commerce or criminality.
“There’s a lot of us that are upset in here, that we just can’t have a nice, peaceful existence.”
Anybody with details about the incident is requested to contact the Guelph police main crime unit at [email protected]. Particulars will also be supplied anonymously by means of Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or www.csgw.ideas.
