A Toronto pastor has been charged in the drowning death of his pregnant wife.

Police were called to a home on Marsh Road, in the St. Clair Avenue East and Kennedy Road area last October following reports of a woman in distress.

Emergency officials found Anna Karissa Grandine in “medical distress.” She later died in hospital.

Philip Grandine, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder.

One neighbour told CityNews she is in shock.

“I was here the night she died. I happened to be out, I saw the police cars and I came out and he was devastated. He was in shock. I remember he said to me you know we’re expecting a baby. He’s a lovely guy, she was a lovely girl. They were crazy about each other,” she said.

Grandine was arrested Tuesday and appeared in court Wednesday to face a first-degree murder charge.