Winnipeg police say they have arrested a man for killing his girlfriend.
Police were called to an apartment building in the 300-block of Redwood Avenue after a woman was injured on Friday around 11:40 a.m.
When police arrived they found the woman inside one of the suites. She was taken to hospital in critical condition where she was pronounced dead.
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She has been identified as 46-year-old Marie Morin.
Police believe she was visiting her boyfriend’s house when she was assaulted and suffered a significant laceration.
Brandon Carl Starnyski, a 45-year-old man from Winnipeg, has been charged with second-degree murder and failure to comply with a probation order.
He was detained in custody.
This was homicide number 15 in Winnipeg for 2020.