Toronto doctor charged with first-degree murder in wife’s death
Posted Dec 3, 2016 05:34:08 AM.
Last Updated Dec 3, 2016 06:20:08 AM.
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TORONTO – Police say a Toronto neurosurgeon is to appear in court Saturday facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife.
The body of Elana Fric Shamji, 40, was found Thursday in Vaughan, Ont., north of Toronto.
They say she was last seen on Wednesday and was reported missing by a family member.
Police say Shamji, who was a family physician, died of strangulation and blunt force trauma.
They say Mohammed Shamji, 40, was arrested and charged on Friday night at a coffee shop in Mississauga, Ont just west of Toronto.