Edmonton

Montreal woman found strangled in Edmonton apartment

Edmonton Police Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found strangled in a home Thursday in the city’s northeast.

Valérie Maurice, 29, was found dead Thursday

Valérie Maurice, 29, was from Montréal. (Facebook)

Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead in a northeast home Thursday, police said in a release Saturday. 

Police found Valérie Maurice, 29, dead in a suite near 144th Avenue and 88A Street after responding to a check on welfare call.

Based on an autopsy done Friday, the Edmonton medical examiner determined Maurice, from Montreal, was strangled.

Maurice did not live at the residence, police said. 

Police returned to the building at around 3:30 p.m. Saturday and surrounded it, seeking a person of interest. Police went into the building, knocked on the door of a suite several times, but later stood down and left.

This is Edmonton's 34th homicide in 2017.

Edmonton police were called to this apartment in the area of 144th Avenue and 88A Street on Thursday. (Stephanie Dubois/CBC)