Death of Pinay nanny in Ontario hotel fire seen as homicide
Police are suspecting foul play in the death of a 43-year-old Filipina nanny who was found inside a burned hotel room in Thornhill, a suburban neighborhood in Ontario, Canada, last Saturday.
The Filipina was still alive when found by firemen who responded to the blaze inside a second-floor room in Quality Inn, according to a report on The Mississauga News on Wednesday. She eventually died due to the injuries she sustained.
Police said the damage caused by the fire on her body would make postmortem take “a little bit longer.”
Peel Constable George Tudos told CBC Canada that the ongoing investigation will involve looking at video surveillance and interrogating persons around the hotel, where the victim was supposed to meet a relative, at the time of the incident.
Meanwhile, the victim's sister told City News that they were supposed to meet at the hotel after Sunday Mass, but she cancelled after realizing that she would not have time to get back to work due to Thanksgiving traffic.
The sister described the victim as a “sweet and loving” daughter to their 86-year-old mother. She said their mother, who is in the Philippines, has yet to be informed of the incident.
Reports said the victim worked in other countries for 10 years as a nanny to support her now 22-year-old son, whom she hasn't seen in a long while. She came to Canada in January 2013 to work for a family with three children. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
The Filipina was still alive when found by firemen who responded to the blaze inside a second-floor room in Quality Inn, according to a report on The Mississauga News on Wednesday. She eventually died due to the injuries she sustained.
Police said the damage caused by the fire on her body would make postmortem take “a little bit longer.”
Peel Constable George Tudos told CBC Canada that the ongoing investigation will involve looking at video surveillance and interrogating persons around the hotel, where the victim was supposed to meet a relative, at the time of the incident.
Meanwhile, the victim's sister told City News that they were supposed to meet at the hotel after Sunday Mass, but she cancelled after realizing that she would not have time to get back to work due to Thanksgiving traffic.
The sister described the victim as a “sweet and loving” daughter to their 86-year-old mother. She said their mother, who is in the Philippines, has yet to be informed of the incident.
Reports said the victim worked in other countries for 10 years as a nanny to support her now 22-year-old son, whom she hasn't seen in a long while. She came to Canada in January 2013 to work for a family with three children. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
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