Man charged after 45-year-old woman killed at southwest Edmonton home
Homicide charges have been laid after a 45-year-old woman died of 'sharp force trauma' at a southwest Edmonton home on Monday, say police.
Officers and emergency personnel responded to the 8:30 a.m. call about an injured woman at the home near Charles Bay and Charles way in the Chappelle neighbourhood. EMS administered life-saving measures but she died on scene, police said in a Friday news release.
The Edmonton Medical Examiner's Office completed an autopsy on Ramona Bowen, 45, Thursday, determining the cause of death was sharp force trauma, and the manner of death, homicide.
The man arrested in the case was known to Bowen, police said.
Matthew Harper, 41, is charged with second-degree murder.
Man charged in death of southwest Edmonton senior
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