Peel Regional Police say an 83-year-old Mississauga woman’s death is being treated as a homicide and officers are asking witnesses to come forward.
Police said in a statement released Friday evening that officers were called to a home near Cawthra Road and Silver Creek Boulevard, near Dundas Street East, before 9:50 a.m. with reports the woman was found unresponsive.
The statement said the woman, who hasn’t been identified, was found “with signs of trauma” and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers haven’t yet released suspect information.
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The woman’s death marks Peel Region’s 26th homicide of 2018.
On Sunday, police confirmed that this homicide is linked to an incident that occurred in Smithville, Ont. later in the day on Friday which resulted in two women being sent to hospital with critical injuries.
Alexander Jason Bates, 46, of Mississauga was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder in relation to that incident.
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Anyone with information on the 83-year-old’s death or residents in the area with surveillance video are asked to call police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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