Calgary

Police lay murder charge in death of 25-year-old woman in northeast Calgary

Calgary police say they have laid charges in the death of a woman in the northeast Calgary community of Castleridge. 

Police say this is the city's 15th homicide of 2022

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A 25-year-old woman died this week in what Calgary police are calling a homicide. (David Bell/CBC)

Calgary police say they have laid charges in the death of a woman in the northeast Calgary community of Castleridge. 

The death was originally deemed suspicious by police. They're now calling it a homicide. 

Police said they were called to Castleridge Drive N.E. at about 7 a.m. on Friday for reports of a person in medical distress. A woman was found dead at the residence.

The victim is 25-year-old Autumn Levi Cross Child, police said. 

A police spokesperson said a 24-year-old man called 911, and responding officers took him into custody for questioning. Police say they then determined he was a suspect in the death. 

That man has since been charged with first-degree murder in relation to the death.  

Police say Cross Child's death is the 15th homicide this year.