加国无忧编译 作者：吴楚河/综合英文网站消息，警方说，今晨11点左右接到报警，随后在约克大学（York University）附近发现女性尸体，具体位置在Keele St 夹Finch Ave的Aldwinckle Heights 27号。
城市新闻网站报道称，死者为亚裔，20多岁年纪，其身上有明显的受伤痕迹。多伦多警方凶案组的人员已经介入调查。
据多伦多星报最新报道，死者为中国人，为1名23岁的学生，正在攻读MBA。至于死因，警方没有说明，目前也没有确认为凶杀案。
死者居住的住所位于约克大学南面，其中主要居住的是学生。当1名约大学生在晚7点时返回上述住址时，警方不让他进入，要他另外找地方居住。这位会普通话的学生对本地中文媒体的记者说，死者来自北京，今年1月份才搬入。
这位不愿透露姓名的学生说，死者好像不是约大学生，而是在这儿准备功课。
此前1个小时，1名住在上址的女学生也被警方挡住，她只愿意告诉记者她姓Poornima，她说自己曾经和死者说过话，但不算熟悉。死者原本住在地下室，她说很不幸，为死者的家人难过，她看起来是个非常好的女孩。她还说共有8人住在这栋房子里头，全部是清一色的学生。
1名中国驻多伦多总领馆的领事对记者说，今晨接到过从中国打来的电话，1名妇女很着急，她说很担心其女儿的安全，并要求领事到这儿来看看，其孩子是否安全，或是出了什么事。
警方表示，今天下午病理学家曾在屋内对尸体进行检查，但警方不愿透露是否有伤痕。
由于事发突然，加上警方不愿多说，令约克大学的学生们心神不安，尤其是女生们特别担心校园安全。就在上周，1名有同性恋倾向的女子在校园酒吧的洗手间遭到袭击，多名参与打人的嫌疑人仍然没有找到。
Xin Hua Huang, an official with the Chinese consulate, leaves 27 Aldwinckle Heights, south of York University, on Friday. Police were investigating a woman’s death, classified as suspicious, at a basement apartment at the house. Huang said he received a call from the woman’s mother in mainland China that morning asking him to check on her. Peter Small/Toronto Star
Body of young woman found near York University
Published On Fri Apr 15 2011
Peter Small
Staff Reporter
Police are investigating the “suspicious death” of a woman of Chinese descent found in a basement apartment near York University.
Homicide Insp. Edward Boyd would not confirm reports she was a 23-year-old MBA student at York, saying her identity is yet to be determined.
“The circumstances in which she was located are very concerning to us,” Boyd said.
Her death had not yet been classified as a homicide.
Police got a call around 11 a.m. Friday reporting “unknown trouble” at the house, which has several occupants, he said.
The three-storey red-brick house on Aldwinckle Heights is in an area of new homes south of the university that is mainly occupied by students.
A York University student who lives at the house arrived at the scene at 7 p.m. A police officer told him he could not stay there Friday night and must sleep somewhere else.
Speaking in Mandarin to a Chinese-language newspaper reporter, he said the young woman who died was from Beijing and had moved in to the house in January.
He refused to give his name, but told the reporter he did not think she was a York University student, but rather was taking a “preparation course.”
An hour earlier, another young student who lives at the house was turned away by police as she arrived home .
“I’m upset,” she said, upon being told of the woman’s death.
The student, who would only give her first name, Poornima, said she had spoken to the deceased woman, who lived in the basement, a few times but did not know her. “I feel terrible for her family. She’s a really really nice girl.”
She said eight people live in the house, all students.
Xin Hua Huang, a Chinese consular official, told reporters on the scene that on Friday morning he had received a call from the victim’s mother, who lives in China. She was very worried about her daughter, he said.
“She asked us to come here to find out what happened to her daughter . . . to find out if her daughter was safe or was in danger.”
A pathologist was at the house examining the body on Friday afternoon.
Boyd would not say whether the body showed signs of trauma.
The death has already been felt on campus, according to Darshika Selvasivam, the York Federation of Students vice president of campaigns and advocacy.
“It’s traumatizing to hear about these things when students live in that community. Having to walk home tonight is going to be a completely different experience for students,” she said.
Rizwan Ashraf, 27, a technical support worker with Rogers who lives next door, said he was shocked.
“To me, it’s devastating news,” he said.
Shanta Poonai, who lives a few doors down, said she has seen young people sitting on the home’s front steps.
“It’s the first time something like this has happened,” said Poonai, who has lived on the street for five years.
Many homes in the neighbourhood are occupied by students, according to Selvasivam, who said the university should provide more security in the area.
“The community has continuously been sick and tired of this type of incident happening on the York campus and shouldn’t be happening anywhere,” she said, referring to other violent incidents on and near campus.
Last week, a woman was allegedly beaten in a campus pub washroom. Community groups alleged the attack was homophobic.
With files from Carys Mills
Police stand outside 27 Adwinkle Heights, near York University, after the body of a 23 year old woman was discovered in the basement, Friday morning. Colin D’Mello/680News
Police label body found near York University ‘suspicious death’
Colin D’Mello & 680News staff Apr 15, 2011 17:36:14 PM
TORONTO, Ont. – Police have located the body of a young woman at a townhouse near the Keele Campus of York University, but are not calling it a homicide investigation.
Officers were called to 27 Adwinkle Heights Friday, in the Finch and Keele area, around 11 a.m.
“Police responded to an unknown trouble at this residence. Upon arrival, we located a deceased female. The circumstances in which she was located are very concerning to us,” an officer told 680News.
The body, with obvious signs of trauma, was found in the basement. Investigators said she is 23 years old, and is of Asian descent.
Detectives and the coroner remain at the scene, but believe the case is one of a suspicious death, and are going door to door to try to find out exactly what happened.
“I wish I knew her,” said neighbour Richard. “If I had known (sic) her, maybe I could have helped her somehow, like she could have called me maybe if something happened.”
“I just don’t know what to do now.”
Other residents received a phone call saying a student had died on their street.
The woman’s parents, who are in China, called the Chinese consulate Friday morning to receive further information on their daughter’s death.
“I think [her mother’s] worried about that,” said a spokesman for the consulate.
The townhouse complex and Adwinkle Heights are mainly inhabited by students who attend the school. Residents said it’s a very quiet area, with students mainly attending class and returning to their homes, apartments or rooms.
Police said a body was inside a reported rooming house located at 27 Aldwinckle Hts., near Keele Street and Finch Avenue on Friday, April 15, 2011.
Woman’s body found inside home near York U
ctvtoronto.ca
Date: Friday Apr. 15, 2011 7:13 PM ET
Police are investigating the sudden and suspicious death of a woman at a home near York University on Friday.
The body of a 23-year-old woman was found earlier in the day inside a reported rooming house located at 27 Aldwinckle Hts., near Keele Street and Finch Avenue.
Police say it is too early in the investigation to say who found the body and to release the victim’s identity. The incident was being described as a suspicious death.
“The circumstances in which she was located are very concerning to us. We have engaged the coroner and pathologist.” Insp. Edward Boyd told reporters from the scenen.
The woman, who was found in the building’s basement apartment, is believed to have been a Chinese exchange student.
A representative from the Chinese consulate visited the scene Friday afternoon after being contacted by the woman’s mother in China.
Residents in the area surrounding York University have been calling for a larger police presence after a series of attacks on women in the area.
With a report from CTV Toronto’s Naomi Parness
Body found in home near York University
2011/04/15 | Erin Criger, CityNews.ca
Police investigate a possible homicide near Keele and Finch on April 15, 2011. CITYNEWS.
Toronto Police tell CityNews that a woman has been found dead in the basement of a home housing York University students.
However, the residence is not affiliated with the university.
Emergency crews were called to Aldwinckle Heights, near Keele Street and Finch Avenue, around 11 a.m.
“Police responded to an unknown trouble call at this residence. We located a deceased female. The circumstances in which she was located were very concerning to us,” Insp. Edward Boyd told reporters on Friday.
Police say there were obvious signs of trauma. The homicide squad is investigating.
An official from the Chinese consulate was also at the home. It’s believe the victim’s mother lives in China. The official wouldn’t confirm the identity of the mother or the daughter.
The victim is believed to be an Asian woman in her early 20s.
