Toronto police identify couple in Scarborough double homicide
Posted April 1, 2013 3:03 pm.
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TORONTO, Ont. – Toronto police have identified the couple in a double homicide in Scarborough on Sunday.
Officers found a couple dead inside a home on Huntsmill Boulevard near Warden Avenue and Steeles Avenue around 10 a.m.
They have been identified as Ji (George) Jia, 59, and Shi (Shirley) Zhou, 51, both of Toronto.
Police have charged the victims’ 26-year-old son Li Tian Jia with two counts of first-degree murder. The accused was arrested at the scene Sunday.
The suspect’s cousin called 911 early Sunday morning, police said.
Police have not released a cause of death. Autopsies are being scheduled.
