A woman is dead and a man has been arrested following a stabbing in North York early Friday morning.
In a post to social media, Toronto police say officers responded to a report of a person with a knife at approximately 8 a.m. in the area of Wilson Avenue and Jane Street.
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When officers arrived, they say they located a female victim suffering from stab wounds.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have identified her as 59-year-old Kathleen Scarlett.
She is the city’s 32nd homicide of the year.
Meanwhile, a suspect, 50-year-old Melvin Melgar Sagastume, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
Police said Scarlett and Sagastume knew each other.
The circumstances that led to the homicide are unknown.
The Homicide and Missing Persons Unit is investigating.
