Man accused in Ottawa femicide charged in separate assaults
The man accused of second-degree murder in a femicide in south Ottawa earlier this week is now facing more charges related to an alleged assault that occurred later that same day, as well as a separate incident the day before.
On Thursday, Ottawa police said they were called to an assault in progress at a medical facility on Carling Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Police said one person suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the attack.
Police did not identify the medical facility, but Ottawa paramedics told CBC it happened at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, and the victim was man in his 50s. Staff at the Royal intervened to stop "significant blood loss" before the man was taken to a separate hospital, paramedics said.
Stephen Doane, 57, has been charged with attempted murder, assault with a weapon and aggravated assault in relation to that incident. He remains in custody, police said.
The alleged assault came about six hours after police discovered the body of Tracey Duncan, 54, at her apartment on Carousel Crescent.
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Ottawa police are investigating the death of a woman in her home at an apartment building on Carousel Crescent. A man has been charged and police are investigating the case as a femicide. CBC's Natalia Goodwin reports.
Court documents obtained by CBC also reveal that the previous day, June 1, police arrested Doane after he was found "completely nude" near a strip mall on Bridle Path Drive.
He was charged with indecent exhibition and assaulting the arresting officer, and given a court date later in June. Among his conditions, Doane was ordered to stay away from Grumpy's Pub & Eatery on Bridle Path Drive, and to reside at his nearby apartment at 2750 Carousel Cresc. — the same building where Duncan's body was discovered the next day.
On the line where the accused normally signs their name to accept their release conditions, someone has written "in hospital custody/very agitated."
Doane has already been charged with second-degree murder in Duncan's death, which Ottawa police immediately labelled a femicide, a term they've defined as the killing of women, girls or gender non-conforming individuals because of their gender.
Duncan's killing was Ottawa's 13th homicide of 2025.
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