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Man charged with 2nd-degree murder after woman found dead in Belleville

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Man charged with 2nd-degree murder after woman found dead in Belleville
Belleville police have charged a local man with second-degree murder after a woman was found dead on Tuesday – Oct 16, 2019

Police have charged a Belleville man with the murder of a local woman.

According to a Belleville police news release, a 54-year-old woman was found dead at an apartment building on Cannifton Road just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Belleville police’s criminal investigation branch and forensic identification unit were called in to investigate.

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Early Wednesday morning, Belleville police arrested a 38-year-old man, Dewayne Vacciana, in the city’s west end and charged him with second-degree murder.

Belleville police did not release names of the the suspect and the victim, but Global News learned the victim’s name, Terri-Lynn Thompson, in court.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives Mark Abrams and Darrell Hatfield at 613-966-0882, ext. 2322 and 2315.

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