Police identify senior killed in fatal Pickering stabbing last week

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Police person identified the unfortunate of a fatal stabbing successful Pickering past week arsenic 83-year-old retired kindergarten teacher Eleanor Doney.

Durham investigators accidental Eleanor Doney, 83, was stabbed and killed by teenager

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· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 1:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

'You wouldn't find a amended person': Pickering assemblage mourns aged pistillate killed successful stabbing

Community members placed flowers extracurricular the location wherever an aged pistillate was allegedly killed by a 14-year-old lad successful Pickering connected Thursday. CBC’s Talia Ricci explains what we cognize astir the retired teacher.

Police person identified the unfortunate of a fatal stabbing successful Pickering past week arsenic 83-year-old retired kindergarten teacher Eleanor Doney.

Investigators from Durham Regional Police had antecedently withheld Doney's sanction astatine the petition of her family. Her assemblage was recovered with stab wounds extracurricular a location connected Lynn Heights Drive and Fairport Road past Thursday.

A 14-year-old lad is facing a first-degree execution complaint successful transportation with her death. Police accidental determination was nary transportation betwixt Doney and her alleged attacker.

In a connection shared done constabulary Tuesday, Doney's household expressed gratitude for an "outpouring of emotion and support" successful the aftermath of her death.

"We particularly privation to convey the archetypal responders for each of their efforts," the connection reads. "We instrumentality comfortableness successful the information that she was a pistillate of beardown Christian faith."

Pastor Kevin Armstrong, who knew Doney from her 3 decades arsenic a subordinate of his congregation successful Ajax, previously told CBC News that Doney was known arsenic generous, benignant and witty.

"You wouldn't find a amended person," helium said.

In the quality release, Durham constabulary appealed for anyone with accusation astir the incident, "even if you judge it is insignificant," to travel forward.

Investigators besides said that arsenic the accused successful the lawsuit is simply a 14-year-old from Pickering, it is amerciable to station photos oregon stock identifying accusation astir the teen nether the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

"Sharing specified images is simply a transgression offence," the quality merchandise reads. "We are asking you to alternatively crook those videos implicit to constabulary and usage the societal media abstraction arsenic a spot to retrieve Eleanor."

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