Man charged in Richmond Hill domestic-related homicide
Posted February 24, 2021 10:01 pm.
Last Updated February 25, 2021 12:07 pm.
A 49-year-old man has been charged in connection with what police are calling a domestic-related homicide in Richmond Hill.
York regional police were called to a home on Bond Crescent near King Road around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday evening for “unknown trouble.” The call came from someone inside the home.
When officers arrived they found the woman suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man had suffered self-inflicted injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.
He has been charged with first-degree murder.
Police said the couple’s four children, between the ages of nine and 19, were at home at the time of the stabbing but were not injured.
The identities of both the suspect and the victim are being withheld to protect the children.
Police are asking anyone with information on this homicide to contact investigators.
