Killer father in Canada dies in hospital as funeral held for girl, 11

Feb 22, 2019 News

A Toronto-area man charged with first-degree murder after his 11-year-old daughter’s body was found in a Brampton home, died Wednesday, said Peel Regional Police.
Roopesh Rajkumar, 41, a Guyanese-born man, had been in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto with what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound since the night Riya Rajkumar was found de

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He died the same day hundreds of mourners remembered Riya at an emotional funeral service in Etobicoke in suburban Toronto, according to a CBC.ca report.
Rajkumar was arrested about midnight the night of February 14, around the same time officers discovered Riya’s body in his basement apartment following an Amber Alert issued about an hour earlier.
Police said homicide investigators are continuing to investigate the death of Riya.
Police were initially alerted by Riya’s mother that Rajkumar had failed to return the young girl from her birthday celebrations that evening.

Provincial police found Rajkumar driving north on Highway 11 near Orillia, about 130 kilometres north of Brampton, in a silver Honda Civic.
Initially, police revealed he was taken to hospital rather than jail, but declined to disclose what led to that decision.
On February 16, Peel police Const. Danny Marttini, said that after provincial police transferred him to Peel’s custody, officers noticed he was “not acting right” and decided to call paramedics, who transported him to a local hospital.
Doctors discovered he was suffering from a gunshot wound and then taken to a trauma centre for further treatment.
Details of his wound weren’t immediately released.
On Tuesday night, friends, family, and members of the community gathered at a candlelight vigil in Brampton to remember Riya, who was a Grade 5 student at Meadowvale Village Public School.
Chris McCord, acting Peel police chief, read a statement written by Riya’s mother at the event that said: “She touched a lot of lives with her laughter and contagious smile. It breaks my heart to know I will no longer be seeing that smile.”

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