The son-in-law of a 64-year-old woman has been charged with second-degree homicide after police discovered a physique in a house within the north finish of London, Ont., early Tuesday.
Lee Couturier, 48, was arrested after officers had been known as to the house within the 900-block of Chippewa Drive, positioned in London’s Huron Heights neighbourhood, at 7:30 a.m. ET.
Police initially described the incident as a suspicious loss of life investigation, then introduced the homicide cost within the afternoon.
Phy Puth has been recognized by police because the sufferer. Couturier made his first court docket look following his arrest.
Neighbours say 4 individuals lived in the home: Puth, her daughter, Puth’s son-in-law and her grandson.
Puth has been in the home for greater than 30 years, neighbours mentioned. Her husband, Seur Taing, died in 2021.
A Fb message and photograph posted Tuesday afternoon by Puth’s daughter, Sopheap Kong-Barrera, mentioned, “My angel RIP up in heaven with dad.”
Usually quiet neighbourhood in shock
Information of the loss of life and homicide cost has rattled an in any other case quiet neighbourhood.
Longtime resident Esther Graham woke as much as a cellphone name from neighbours telling her to take a look at the police and ambulance throughout the road.
“They’re a extremely beautiful household,” mentioned Graham. “They by no means induced any form of points. It is simply an terrible factor to have occurred.”
Graham mentioned Couturier did contracting work half time when he wasn’t caring for his son at house.
Officers canvassing the neighbourhood Tuesday morning mentioned there was no risk to the general public.
Investigators with the London police Main Crimes Unit are proven on the scene of the house on Chippewas Drive in Huron Heights. (Andrew Lupton/ )
