Man charged with woman’s death in southwest Edmonton earlier this week

A man is facing a second-degree murder charge in relation to the death of a woman in the Chappelle neighbourhood on Monday.

Police say they have charged a man with second degree murder after the death of a woman in Edmonton’s Chapelle neighbourhood earlier this week.

The death was originally considered suspicious but it is now deemed a homicide.

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An autopsy report determined that 45-year-old Ramona Bowen died of sharp force trauma.

Matthew Harper, a 41-year-old who was known by Bowen, has been charged with second degree murder.

Edmonton police say they responded to reports of an injured woman inside a residence in the area of Charles Bay and Charles Way on Monday. EMS administered life-saving measures on Bowen, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.