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Edmonton man charged with murder in second homicide of 2015

A home on 112 Avenue and 95 A Street in the Alberta Avenue area, where a woman was found dead on Monday night. Tuesday, January 10, 2015. Lisa Wolansky, Global News

EDMONTON — An Edmonton man has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in an apartment earlier this year.

Ryan Matchee was arrested Thursday in Edmonton and has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Lena Steinhauer.

On February 9, police were called to an apartment at 112 Avenue and 95A Street after someone found Steinhauer’s body inside a suite.

An autopsy confirmed Steinhauer, 24, was the victim of a homicide. It was Edmonton’s second homicide of 2015.

READ MORE: Central Edmonton death confirmed homicide

Matchee is in police custody and his first court appearance hasn’t been set.

Global Edmonton’s map on the homicides and suspicious deaths that have been recorded in Edmonton in 2015:
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