'A beautiful person': Friends remember Ottawa woman killed in alleged femicide
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The last time Amy Lamontagne saw her friend Jennifer Edmonds-Zabarylo was at her wedding held just hours before the mother of two was allegedly killed by her husband in what Ottawa police have called a femicide.
The last time Amy Lamontagne saw her friend Jennifer Edmonds-Zabarylo was at her wedding held just hours before the mother of two was allegedly killed by her husband in what Ottawa police have called a femicide.
"Jenn is amazing, an amazing mom and I first of all need her to be remembered for that," said Lamontagne. She and Edmonds-Zabarylo met in high school and have been friends for more than 30 years.
"She loved traveling. She loved her job. She loved her friends. She loved her family so, so, so much."
Edmonds-Zabarylo was found with "traumatic injuries" inside her home on Lady Slipper Way west of Stittsville on Aug. 25 and was pronounced dead at the scene. Lamontagne said it was her children who found her.
She worked as a civilian with the Royal Canadian Navy Headquarters Team.
"We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn of her tragic death, and we are offering support to her family and colleagues," the Department of National Defence said in a statement. "We offer our deepest condolences to her loved ones during this difficult time."
Ottawa Police have charged Edmonds-Zabarylo's husband Michael Zabarylo with second-degree murder.
