Woman found dead in suspected femicide in Ottawa's west end
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A 47-year-old woman is dead after a suspected femicide inside a home in Ottawa's west end on Sunday evening.
A 47-year-old woman is dead after a suspected femicide inside a home in Ottawa's west end on Sunday evening.
Police say they were called to an address on Lady Slipper Way, a rural area just north of Highway 7 at about 6:40 p.m.
The victim was identified as Jennifer Zabarylo, 47, of Ottawa.
Michael Zabarylo, 55, of Ottawa, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Neighbours in the area told CTV News the victim and the suspect were married.
"In the context of police investigations, we consider this death to be a femicide as it occurred in the context of intimate partner violence, which is one of the many forms of misogynist killings," Ottawa Police said in a news release on Monday.
"A femicide is generally defined as 'the killing of women and girls because of their gender' often driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls or unequal power relations between women and men."
