Overview

• Edmonton police officers responded to the Chappelle neighbourhood around 8:30 a.m. on June 23 after a report of an injured woman at a Charles Bay home.
• Emergency crews and paramedics attempted life-saving measures but the 45-year-old victim died at the scene.
• The Edmonton Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide following an autopsy completed on June 26.
• Police say the victim and the accused were acquainted, though the nature of their relationship has not been disclosed.
• Forty-one-year-old Matthew Harper was arrested on June 26 and has been charged with second-degree murder.