January slaying upgraded to 1st-degree murder
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A charge of manslaughter in connection with a domestic incident last month in St. James has been upgraded to first-degree murder after a review of the case by Crown prosecutors.
Police initially charged Juhyen Park, 44, of Winnipeg, with manslaughter Jan. 9 after Eunjee Kim, 41, was found unconscious in an apartment building on the 500 block of Daer Boulevard at about 2:25 a.m.
Kim was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Park was arrested at the suite and taken to hospital, where he was treated for an injury, before being released and charged.
The incident marked the city’s second homicide of 2019.
“I don’t think the investigation turned up specifically new information, as much as discussions between our investigators and the Crown’s office would have pushed them in that direction,” Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Rob Carver said Friday of the upgraded charge.
“There’s an element of premeditation that would be required for the first-degree murder charge and there’s none in manslaughter.”
— staff
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