Calgary double homicide victim identified as elementary school teacher
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(Warning: The following story is about a potential victim of domestic violence and may be disturbing to some readers. For those affected by domestic or gender-based violence, support is available here.)
The Rocky View School Division (RVSD) on Tuesday identified the woman killed Sunday night in Calgary as Ania Kaminski, an elementary school teacher in Cochrane, west of the city.
"We offer our deepest condolences to all those affected by the death of Ania Kaminski," said a statement posted on the school division's website.
According to RVSD, Kaminski taught grades 1 and 2 at Elizabeth Barrett Elementary School in Cochrane and previously taught at an elementary school in Airdrie, Alberta, and a middle school in Springbank, Alberta.
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"She will be greatly missed by many colleagues, friends and students at Rocky View Schools," the statement continued. "We are grateful for the positive impact Ania has had on the lives of our students and staff over the years."
The school division added that it provides emotional support services to students and staff through the school administration or the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP) for staff members.
Sunday Murders
At approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, police were called to a home in the 0-100 block of Kincora Grove N.W.
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Officers found a 70-year-old man dead.
While police were investigating, a second victim, a 30-year-old woman — Kaminski — was found dead at a home at 11:15 p.m. in the 300 block of Tuscany Ridge Heights N.W.
Police said the suspected killer was the deceased woman's husband and the deceased was the his father. A spokesperson for the Calgary Police Service (CPS) said Monday that it was unclear what happened that night.
"Currently, the timetable is not clear," Inspector Lee Wayne of the CPS Major Crime Unit said during a press conference on Monday afternoon.
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"CPS were called to Kincora at 21.30 last night - so 21.30 - where we found one of the dead - the deceased man - then we went to an address in Tuscany where family members raised "other concerns, and here we found the dead. woman".
An emergency alert was issued Monday afternoon for a suspect, Benedikt Kiminski, whose body was found later Monday afternoon.
Police said Sunday's two deaths were believed to be targeted and domestic in nature.
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