TORONTO A woman has been charged after her 63-year-old mother was found dead in a residence in North York Friday morning. First responders were alerted about a stabbing in the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Culford Road, east of Black Creek Drive, shortly before 2:50 a.m. When officers arrived, they located a woman with life-threatening injuries. Life-saving efforts were made but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have identified her as 63-year-old Claudette James of Toronto. The suspect, 36-year-old Shelly-Ann James, was arrested at the scene, police said. She has been charged with first-degree murder.
Last Updated Friday, July 23, 2021 8:07AM EDT A woman has been charged after her 63-year-old mother was found dead in a residence in North York Friday morning. First responders were alerted about a stabbing in the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Culford Road, east of Black Creek Drive, shortly before 2:50 a.m. When officers arrived, they located a woman with life-threatening injuries. Life-saving efforts were made but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have identified her as 63-year-old Claudette James of Toronto. The suspect, 36-year-old Shelly-Ann James, was arrested at the scene, police said. She has been charged with first-degree murder.
They found a woman suffering from obvious trauma. She died at the scene.
Early Friday evening police identified the victim as Claudette James, 63.
Shelly-Ann James, 36, of Toronto was arrested at the scene, charged with First-Degree Murder.
Police would not confirm how the accused and victim were known to each other, or if they are related.
Officers spent the morning going door-to-door in the sprawling four-storey building looking for information on the death.
Mark, who lives in the building, said police knocked on his door early Friday.
“I wasn’t up at that hour,” he said.
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