A man aged 45 from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, has been arrested in connection with the recent death of a woman in the area. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Tuesday that Kenneth Campbell is facing a single charge of second-degree murder.
According to authorities, they were alerted around 9:30 p.m. last Thursday about a fatal incident at a business located on Industrial Road. Subsequently, a 38-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Based on RCMP’s investigations, the case is believed to involve intimate-partner violence, with the death being classified as a femicide. Femicide refers to deliberate acts of killing women or girls based on their gender, primarily committed by men.
Campbell is currently held in custody in Yellowknife and is set to make a court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.