Woman facing second-degree murder charge in connection to death of 33-year-old woman

The Edmonton Police Service has charged a 38-year-old Edmonton woman with second-degree murder in connection to the recent death of a 33-year-old woman.

Police responded to a weapons complaint at a residence in the northwest Edmonton neighbourhood of Kensington on Monday, July 13, 2020, at approximately 2:15 a.m.

Upon arrival, Northwest Division patrol members found a 33-year-old female complainant lying on the ground with what appeared to be a stab wound. Paramedics treated and transported the woman to hospital with serious injuries, where she remained for several days.

Police initially charged Ashely Courterielle, 38, with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.

The complainant’s condition failed to stabilize while in hospital, and she eventually succumbed to her injuries on Sunday, July 19, 2020.

An autopsy conducted by the Edmonton Medical Examiner on Thursday, July 23, 2020, confirmed that Audrey Corcoran, 33, died from a stab wound with the manner of death being homicide. The accused and complainant were known to one another.

Domestic Offender Crime Section detectives, in consultation with the EPS Homicide Section, have since updated the charges against Courterielle to second-degree murder. She is also facing a charge of assault with a weapon for an altercation that occurred with a bystander who attempted to intervene in the attack on Corcoran.

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