The Ottawa Police Service has identified the deceased in a fatal stabbing early Thursday morning as 25-year-old Christopher Avery Houghton.
Police said that the incident occurred at a home in the 1-100 block of Sherry Lane around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday. The area is northwest of the Nepean Sportsplex, near the intersection of Woodroffe Avenue and Hunt Club Road.
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Next of kin have been contacted, police said.
No further details have been released.
Anyone with information is being asked to call the homicide unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493.
The death marks Ottawa’s 11th homicide of the year.
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