Canada- Woman dead after assault in Pickering, Ont., Fairport Rd/Lynn Heights, LE tell residents to ‘shelter in place’, 29 May 2025, *Emergency alert*

[tlcya]

articles have been updated to reflect the accused is 14 and not 13. But still, so young to be a murderer, just awful, this poor lady's family.
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He added that further investigation will also reveal the exact relationship, if any, that may have existed between the victim and the alleged perpetrator.
Police arrest 14-year-old boy after senior fatally stabbed in Pickering, lift shelter-in-place alert

 

[tlcya]

A 14-year-old boy from Pickering has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was fatally stabbed in the city on Thursday, Durham police said.

The accused appeared via Zoom in Oshawa court on Friday from Durham Regional Police Division 17. During the hearing, he spoke to confirm he had the opportunity to speak with a lawyer, and he understood the charge he faces.

His identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He is scheduled to appear in court again on June 20.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/boy-arrested-woman-stabbed-pickering-1.7547896

ETA this article states the attack was random and the victim and accused did not know one another. Also says the family has requested victim not be named or her age publicized.

 

[AddyFinch]

I would if I was closer.
Speaking of shelter in place, some of us are finding it rather curious that the govt issued the alert as a "terrorism alert".......... I snapshot the weather channels post re the terror alert banner.
We are all curious, if this is something new in relation to all the stabbing attacks taking place in Europe? (even Toronto of late). Are the officials now categorizing them as actual "terrorism"? Or is it another form of fear mongering ? If they do believe it is in same category as Europe shouldn't we know the truth?
On the flip side, if every stabbing in the city and GTA of Toronto was classified and alerted as such, those alerts would have us buzzing and ringing round the clock! Or is it a case of someone sitting on the Pickering Nuclear Plant button and actually triggering an alert like a few years back????

 

[Alice Ramnit]

My dad did bug spraying for her neighbour, apparently they talked just last week. She was concerned about the bug spray harming her garden. He assured her it’s safe. Lovely woman, this is so surreal. We’ll be attending the candlelight tonight. Rest in peace

I'm so sorry for your Dad. It's SO disturbing. I wonder why he focus on such an innocuous, innocent woman? First degree murder means that it was planned...

 

[AddyFinch]

I wonder if a “relationship” can also include “a relationship in his mind only”. Proof might be needed that he truly believed it, but how to prove? Or would they just classify it “ by reasons of insanity or mental illness”?

 

[JDG]

Community still reeling in Pickering as video of suspect prior to fatal stabbing released

Police have released video of the suspect in a fatal, unprovoked stabbing of an elderly woman in Pickering. Sijia Liu has more on what police are saying.

www.cp24.com

 

[dotr]

May 30, 2025
Police have released video of the suspect in a fatal, unprovoked stabbing of an elderly woman in Pickering. Sijia Liu has more on what police are saying.

May 30, 2025
Durham Regional Police update media and neighbours leave flowers follwoing the fatal stabbing of an elderly woman outside her home in Pickering.

 

[acutename]

So, absolutely nothing will happen to this murderer. Young offenders and all that….

do they ever try them as adults? some US states have that for egregious offenses

 

[acutename]

May 30, 2025
Police have released video of the suspect in a fatal, unprovoked stabbing of an elderly woman in Pickering. Sijia Liu has more on what police are saying.

is that his real foot size or is he disguised?

 

[Alice Ramnit]

do they ever try them as adults? some US states have that for egregious offenses

Not that I have ever heard of...

 

[Alice Ramnit]

is that his real foot size or is he disguised?

I actually JUST wondered the same thing! I was thinking 'his feet look lile CANOES! Does he have a very tall Father or are these shoes intended to decieve????

 

[Alice Ramnit]

FYI...We didn't attend the vigil because the family asked that the victim not be identified. I wrote and asked but never got a response about whether it would be going forward, anyway.

 

[vls12345]

SUBJECT: UPDATE 1: 14-Year-Old Male Charged with First Degree Murder - Durham Regional Police Service

The official website of the Durham Regional Police Service.

www.drps.ca

 

[vls12345]

Teen charged in Pickering fatal stabbing could get 10 years if convicted

Under Youth Criminal Justice Act, Crown will have the option of pursuing an adult sentence.

www.durhamregion.com

Under the YCJA, a young person can be sentenced to 10 years for a first-degree murder conviction, however only a maximum of six years can be handed down for custody, with the remaining four years being community supervision.

The Crown will have the option of pursuing an adult sentence, however, if convicted in that scenario he could face a life sentence, with parole possible after 5 - 7 years.

 

[AddyFinch]

Wonder why his parents didn’t attend his court appearance?

 

[JDG]

Wonder why his parents didn’t attend his court appearance?

I believe his appearance was from a police station, not in person.

 

[Alice Ramnit]

I believe his appearance was from a police station, not in person.

Regardless, I wonder what must have occured in this child's life, between the school aged pic and when he became a calculated murderer? I WISH that we could hear more about his past and his family dynamics!

 

[JDG]

WARMINGTON: Security video shows allegedly armed teen appearing to look for a victim

Durham Regional Police homicide detectives are reviewing video of an accused teen stabbing killer allegedly "casing the street."

torontosun.com

 

[AddyFinch]

All kinds of things come to mind with these types of incidents... child grooming by others or even parents, acting out movies, psychosis of varying degrees/types, gang initiation, drug use. In earlier years we would have empathy for a child who does this, but with all the new and horrid behaviours I think we are less empathetic and more suspicious of further involvement. I'm thinking of gangs that use youth to commit crimes to avoid the adult court system.

 

[dotr]

Elderly victim of Pickering homicide identified

A senior who died following what police are calling an unprovoked stabbing outside her Pickering home late last week has been identified as 83-year-old Eleanor Doney.

www.cp24.com

''Durham police say Doney was gardening outside her residence on Lynn Heights Drive on May 29 at around 3 p.m. when she was approached by an unknown male and stabbed “multiple” times.
She was rushed to a trauma centre for treatment but later died of her injuries, they said.''
''In a statement, released on Tuesday afternoon, Doney’s family thanked the community for its “outpouring of love and support during this difficult time.”
“We especially want to thank the first responders for all of their efforts. We take comfort in the fact that she was a woman of strong Christian faith,” they wrote.''
rbbm

Elderly woman allegedly slain by teen mourned in Pickering neighbourhood

A man who identified himself as a relative of a slain Pickering woman was busy Monday morning rearranging bouquets of condolence flowers.

torontosun.com

Eleanor Doney is pictured with her husband, Bruce, in this undated Facebook photo.
''A man who identified himself as a relative of a slain Pickering woman was busy Monday morning rearranging bouquets of condolence flowers to ensure they didn’t wilt in the sunshine.

The man carefully moved some of the seven gardening buckets, full of flowers, under a large tree off the sidewalk into the shade.''
'The accused murderer is scheduled to appear in court on June 20.'