A man has been charged with second-degree murder after police discovered the body of a 25-year-old woman inside a residence in Whitby, Durham Regional Police say.
According to police, on Saturday at around 10 a.m., a 29-year-old man walked into a police station in Oshawa and told the attendant at the front desk that something happened to his girlfriend.
When officers arrived at a home on Eric Clarke Drive in Whitby, they found a woman’s body with what investigators allege was obvious signs of trauma.
Police said the man who reported the incident about his girlfriend was then taken into custody.
On Sunday, 29-year-old Whitby resident Matthew Coussons was charged with second-degree murder.
Police said the name of the victim will not yet be released.
Anyone with new information about the incident is asked to call Det. Rob Moore (ext. 5326) or Det. John Taylor (ext. 5405) of the Homicide Unit at 1-888-579-1520.
