Deep River homicide victim was sister of woman killed in Ottawa murder-suicide
Body of Sommer Boudreau, 39, was found by police conducting a wellness check on Dec. 11
Sommer Boudreau, whose sister was killed by her partner in Ottawa nearly 13 years ago, has been identified as the victim of an alleged second-degree murder in Deep River, Ont.
The 39-year-old's body was found in a duplex at 29 Rutherford Ave. the evening of Sunday, Dec. 11, when police conducted a wellness check at the address.
Adam Rossi, 41, is accused of killing Boudreau. He is scheduled to appear in court in Pembroke, Ont., on Thursday.
In addition to the second-degree murder charge, he faces one count of indignity to a human body.
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating with the help of Deep River Police.
Ashley Boudreau killed by boyfriend in 2010
On Jan. 16, 2010, Boudreau's 24-year-old sister Ashley Boudreau was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Andrew Ferguson, at an apartment on Cambridge Street South in Ottawa.
Ferguson, 33, then took his own life.
Ontario's police watchdog investigated an Ottawa police officer who had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the same address nine days before the murder-suicide.
The officer was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing.
Vigil for Sommer Boudreau to be held Monday
People who work to end violence against women in Renfrew County gather each Dec. 6 — the anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre — at a women's monument in Petawawa, which was established in 2012 to recognize women murdered by men in the area.
Ashley Boudreau's name is on the monument and a story submitted by her family was read aloud five days before Sommer Boudreau's death.
"That's the part that really breaks your heart," said Faye Cassista, a program manager for Victim Services of Renfrew County, who read the passage at the gathering.
"It's just so touching that mom was able to allow us to put her daughter's [name] on the rock, and now we'll be doing it again for her other daughter. That's the heartwrenching part of the work we do every day."
A vigil for Sommer Boudreau will be held Dec. 19 in the basement conference centre of the Deep River Public Library, said JoAnne Brooks, who leads End Violence Against Women Renfrew County.
"Our community is pulling together and naming this as a femicide," Brooks said.
"We know the community is hurting, the community is raw ... and we will be here for the community."
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