A 48-year-old Mississauga woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was fatally stabbed in an apartment in the city’s south end.
Const. Taryn Hill told reporters officers and paramedics were called to a building on Ann Street, near Hurontario Street and Lakeshore Road East, at 10:20 p.m. on Friday.
“Upon arrival we did locate a victim suffering from life-threatening injuries. A short time later the victim was pronounced (dead) on scene,” she said.
Hill said a woman was taken into custody a short time later.
Police said the man and the woman were in an intimate relationship.
On Saturday morning, police identified the victim as 54-year-old Michael Johnston.
Mary Ljubanovich, 48, was charged with second degree murder.
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Police said there are no outstanding suspects.
Johnston’s death marks Peel Region’s third murder of 2019.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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