An autopsy has been completed in the homicide of a man in northeast Edmonton last weekend.
On Sunday, July 9, 2023, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Northeast Branch patrol officers responded to a weapons complaint at the Belvedere LRT Station in the area of 129 Avenue and Fort Road. Upon arrival they located a deceased adult male with suspicious injuries.
Police have since arrested and charged 27-year-old Jamal Joshua Malik Wheeler with second degree murder in relation to this homicide.
Earlier today Wednesday, July 12, 2023, an autopsy completed by the Edmonton Medical Examiner determined that Rukinisha Nkundabatware, 52, died as the result of a stab wound to the chest. The manner of death is homicide.