Police identify Lowertown stabbing victim

04-Apr-2025

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Ottawa police have identified the person they say was killed in the afternoon on Apr 1 in Lowertown and charged someone with second-degree murder over her death.

Ottawa woman Renée Descary, 51, was found with stab wounds in a home on Heney Street in the central Ottawa neighbourhood around 4:40 p.m, police said. 

Oliver Denia, 24, of Ottawa, has been charged with second-degree murder.