Atin Ito First Filipino Community Newspaper in Ontario
Three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a pregnant woman and a man, whose bodies were found at a home east of Toronto last year, Durham Regional Police say.
At a news conference Friday, more than a year after the Bowmanville, Ont., killings, Det. Sgt. Brad Corner provided an update on the police investigation.
Police said they were called to check on the occupants of a home on Crombie Street in Bowmanville on Feb. 4, 2023 around 2:15 p.m. Corner said police believe the victims, who have been identified as Aram Kamel, 28, and Rafad Alzubaidy, 26, were killed shortly after midnight.
Officers found the pair lying dead on the main floor of the home, Corner said Friday, adding that police believe they were shot multiple times at close range. Alzubaidy was six months pregnant when she was killed, he said.
After “hundreds of hours” of collecting evidence and reviewing surveillance footage, Corner said investigators have determined the deaths to be “targeted killings.”
Three men were arrested this week — two 22-year-olds from Toronto and a 21-year-old of no fixed address. They have each been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Corner said investigators are still working to determine the “specific motives.”
Police are continuing to investigate other people, he said.
“We do believe there are other people that are responsible for arranging this murder,” Corner told reporters Friday.
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