Woman dead, son charged in Ottawa's 11th homicide of 2017
A woman is dead and her son has been charged with second-degree murder in Ottawa's eleventh homicide of 2017.
Rachelle Mair was found dead inside a Sandy Hill apartment complex at around 5:30 a.m. Friday, after police were called to the highrise at 85 Range Rd. near Templeton Street to deal with a disturbance.
When officers arrived they found a man in distress in a hallway, said Ottawa police Const. Marc Soucy. The man then led officers to a room where Mair's body was found.
The man was later arrested, police said.
Steven Mair appeared in an Ottawa court Friday afternoon and was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mother, said his lawyer, Jenny McKnight.
McKnight said Steven Mair was in his early 30s.
"It's all unbelievable. He's not doing well, I can put it that way," McKnight said.
'Traumatic injuries'
The distressed man was taken to hospital in stable condition, paramedics said Friday morning.
A neighbour told CBC News that he was almost naked and was yelling and screaming as he was loaded onto a stretcher and taken into the ambulance.
Paramedics said the woman had suffered "traumatic injuries" and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police initially said the death was suspicious before confirming Friday afternoon they were treating the case as a homicide.
A doctor with the coroner's office and a forensic pathologist were also on the scene Friday.
The investigation continues.
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