Man, 26, charged in North York homicide investigation, police say
Posted January 23, 2021 11:44 am.
Toronto police say they have charged a man in connection to a homicide in North York.
Police said on Jan. 21 at around 9:41 p.m., officers were called to an apartment building on 500 Murray Ross Parkway, which is near the York University campus.
A woman was located in an apartment with obvious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Police have identified the victim as 32-year-old Toronto resident Leah St. Jean.
Investigators said they charged 26-year-old Soreeysa Abdi of Toronto with Second Degree Murder on Friday.
He appeared in Old City Hall court on Saturday.
This is Toronto’s third homicide of the year, police said.