Police now treating Mississauga hotel fire death as a homicide

Police are now calling the death of a woman in a Mississauga hotel room fire “a homicide.”

Evelyn Bumatay Castillo, a 43-year-old resident of Thornhill, Ont., was found without vital signs on Saturday evening following a fire inside a room at the Quality Inn.

Police responded to the call at 50 Britannia Road East shortly after 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening.

The victim was taken to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

“The continuing investigation and post mortem results have revealed that Castillo died as a result of foul play,” Peel Police said Monday. “The investigation is now being led by the Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau.”

Investigators are asking anyone who may have information on the incident to contact the Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau at [phone], ext. 3205, or to contact Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.peelcrimestoppers.ca or by sending a text message to CRIMES (274637).

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  A woman has died following a fire in a room at a Mississauga hotel Saturday evening.