Durham Regional Police say they’re investigating a murder after a girl was discovered with “significant injuries” at a house in Oshawa in a single day.
Police have been known as to a home on Eulalie Avenue, within the space of King Road East and Ritson Highway South, on Sunday at round 12:30 a.m.
“Officers arrived on scene and located a 48-year-old female suffering from obvious signs of trauma,” Appearing Employees-Sgt. Joanne Bortoluss informed reporters outdoors the house Sunday morning.
First responders administered CPR and the girl was then rushed to a Toronto-area trauma centre, police mentioned. Nevertheless she was pronounced deceased a short while later.
“Her husband, a 41-year-old male, is in police custody and is facing a charge of first-degree murder,” Bortoluss mentioned.
She added that the couple’s two youngsters – each 5 years outdated — in addition to an aged woman have been residence on the time of the incident. Nevertheless none of them have been injured.
Yellow warning tape might be seen wrapped across the residence Sunday, with a police cruiser sitting outdoors.
One man who spoke with CP24 mentioned he awoke to flashing lights from what “seemed like a million police cars” and his household regarded outdoors to see what occurred.
Durham police say they’re investigating a murder after a girl was discovered with accidents at a house on Eulalie Avenue in Oshawa Sunday November 17, 2024.
“They saw them bring out a woman and try to resuscitate her, and they saw our neighbour being pulled out and being arrested, and yes, the children being taken out of the house,” Ron Mohr mentioned. “It’s unfortunate, because we’ve been here for 18 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
One other woman informed CP24 she was shocked to get up and uncover the information in her neighbourhood, which she described as typically being pleasant.
“They’re very, very nice, all the neighbours, but I don’t remember him,” June Frances Broomer mentioned of her neighbour who was arrested. She known as the scenario “scary.”
Bortoluss mentioned investigators are interesting to anybody with details about the homicide to come back ahead to talk with police.
She additionally mentioned that providers can be found to anybody needing assist with home violence.
“When it comes down to intimate partner violence, there’s no geographical locations. It really affects everywhere and anywhere, and that’s why we really want to stress that resources are available,” she mentioned. “And if you do need us, if you do need victim services, all of us are here to provide help.”
Police are asking anybody with info to succeed in out to investigators.
With recordsdata from Melissa Duggan
