A 46-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife in Mississauga on Tuesday.
Peel Regional Police identified the 43-year-old victim as Maria Rosario Avidago. She is the region's third homicide victim of 2011.
Police say her husband, Victor Avidago, is in custody.
Maria Avidago was stabbed at a home on Longford Drive on Tuesday afternoon.
When police arrived, they encountered a knife-wielding man and found the woman with life-threatening injuries and obvious signs of trauma to her body.
Officers Tasered the man to disarm and bring him into custody.
Maria Avidago was rushed to a hospital, where she died of her injuries.
Homicide detectives continue to investigate.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Peel Regional Police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
