Woman killed in Kingston, man charged with 1st-degree murder

Police in Kingston, Ont., have charged a man with murder in the death of a woman they say he was intimate with. Officers were called to a west-end home on Berrywood Crescent at around 2:45 p.

m. Friday after getting reports a man had barricaded himself inside, police said in a Saturday evening media release. After police got into the home, they found a 25-year-old woman suffering from numerous injuries.



She was taken to a local hospital where she died, police said. Hadden Harper-Brewer, 26, was arrested and faces one count of first-degree murder. Kingston Police said they are considering the death to be a femicide, a term used to describe the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender.

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