Police have charged a Toronto man with murder after a 27-year-old woman was found dead along the side of a road in Etobicoke Saturday morning.

Officers responding to a domestic incident call arrived at the scene near Martin Grove Road and Richgrove Drive at around 7 a.m. and located the woman’s body a short time later.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, 30, was arrested Saturday morning in Mississauga and is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the case. He is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon.

Police have not identified the victim pending notification of next of kin.

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