Charges laid in Edmonton’s 28th homicide of 2018

A man has been charged with second-degree murder in what is now confirmed to be the city’s 28^th homicide of the year.

On Dec. 28, police were called to a home in the Breckenridge Greens neighbourhood where a woman died on scene.

Wen Zhou Zhang, 53, faces one count of second-degree murder and one count of possession of weapon for dangerous purpose.

An autopsy to confirm the woman’s cause of death has been scheduled for Jan. 2. However, detectives are calling the event a homicide, making it Edmonton’s 28^th of 2018.

Police believe the case is one of domestic violence.