An 34-year-old man is facing a murder charge after a 30-year-old woman was found dead inside a northeast Edmonton apartment Monday.
The man has been charged with second-degree murder in her death, but police are releasing few details about the case.
Officers were first called to the scene at approximately 7:30 p.m. Monday, after a woman’s body was discovered inside a suite near 162nd Avenue and 51st Street.
The death was deemed suspicious and homicide detectives were dispatched to the scene.
The medical examiner conducted an autopsy Tuesday but the cause of death is not being released by police.
Police are not releasing the victim’s identity at this time because “it does not serve an investigative purpose, there is no risk to public safety,” the Edmonton Police Service said in a release Wednesday, adding “the EPS has a duty to protect the privacy rights of the victims and their families.”
The accused and deceased were known to one another, police said. The suspect appeared in court Wednesday morning.
The case is the Edmonton’s ninth homicide of 2017.