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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Police launch investigation into suspicious death
Game. Changer
EPS say Garneau woman, 51, died after alleged altercation that also hospitalized man Charges pending against 28-year-old SHELLEY WILLIAMSON
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The neighbour of a woman who died after allegedly being beaten and held captive in her home said she didn’t hear a thing before the 51-year-old came to the door, her face bloodied and bruised. Kimmie Fournier had met the woman, who she knew only as Marie, once before she asked to use her phone Sunday. “It was bad. The whole side of her face was bruised and she was cut,� said Fournier. “She couldn’t open her mouth to speak and I was worried she had a broken jaw.� The woman, who’d lived at 10823 85 Avenue about a month, told Fournier a male resident and three women had beaten her and
kept her there after a rent dispute on Friday, Fournier said. “The first opportunity she had to get out was Sunday afternoon,� she said. At the woman’s request, Fournier put her into a cab bound for the hospital. That was the last time that Fournier saw her. “I was surprised when the detectives came to talk to me at midnight and told me she passed away,� she said. Police said Monday they were treating the woman’s death as suspicious as they continued to probe the alleged altercation, which they said also landed a 23year-old man in hospital. Autopsy results are expected today. Charges are pending against a 28-year-old man in police custody, police said.
Edmonton homicides If deemed a homicide, a 51-yearold woman, who police said died Sunday after an altercation in her Garneau home, would be the city’s second murder victim this year. Welid Sahle Meskel, 22, was found slain Feb. 19 in an alley behind 134 Avenue and 101 Street. Though police have not said how he died, the homicide is not considered random. Last year, the city logged 47 homicides, including two officerinvolved shootings and two killings from other years deemed homicides in early 2011. If you have any information about the most recent death in Garneau, call police at 780-4234567 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS.