Woman dead, man charged in south Ottawa femicide
The accused has been arrested and charged with second degree murder
Ottawa police are investigating after a woman was found dead in her home Monday morning.
Police were called to the apartment building on Carousel Crescent at about 11:30 a.m., where they found 54-year-old Tracy Duncan dead.
Stephen Doane, 57, of Ottawa has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
The death marks Ottawa's 13th homicide of 2025.
Ottawa police say they are investigating the case as a femicide, which they have defined as the killing of women, girls, or gender non-conforming individuals because of their gender.
Anyone with information or footage of the incident has been asked to call the homicide unit at 613-236-1222 extension 5493 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.
The scene is south of the intersection of Bank Street and Hunt Club Road, about nine kilometres south of Parliament Hill.