Murder charge laid in death of mom of 4 in The Maples
CBC News | Posted: May 30, 2022 4:11 PM | Last Updated: May 30, 2022
Tessa Perry, 31, died in hospital after assault on Saturday night
A Winnipeg man has been charged with murder and a family is grieving after Tessa Perry became the 22nd homicide victim of the year.
Relatives of the mother of four who died of injuries after being assaulted in Winnipeg's Maples neighbourhood Saturday night are reeling in the wake of her death.
"Just let it be known that my sister was too loving for her own good," Lyle Perry said in a statement to CBC News on Monday. "She loved to death."
Tessa, 31, who lived in the city, was assaulted and taken to hospital in critical condition around 10 p.m. Saturday, police said. Officers were called to the area of Marlow Court near Inkster Boulevard where they found her unconscious, with upper-body injuries.
Justin Alfred Robinson, 29, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to Perry's death and a count of failing to comply with a probation order.
Aimie Genaille, who was also related to Tessa, said she loved her kids "more than anything in this world."
"She was the life in the crowd," Genaille said in a statement to CBC. "She always had a big beautiful smile where the corners of her lips would just about touch her ears. It was that huge.
"We are in such shock, this feels like a bad dream."
Lyle Perry asked for privacy as the family grieves.
A candlelight vigil for Tessa is slated for Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. at 100 Marlow Court.
Tessa is the third Indigenous woman to be killed in the city in the last two weeks.
On May 16, Rebecca Contois, 24, was found dead in North Kildonan. On May 19, Doris Trout, 25, was found deceased in an apartment lobby on Kennedy Avenue in downtown Winnipeg.
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Corrections:
- An earlier version of this story said Tessa Perry was Winnipeg's 23rd homicide victim of 2022. In fact, at the time of her death, Winnipeg police had reported 22 homicides in 2022. June 8, 2022 9:04 PM