Everyone knew us as the ‘Lewandowski sisters,’” said Natalie Lewandowski, 32, on a December evening before her first Christmas since her sister’s death. Alicia Lewandowski, 25, was killed March 5, 2018. It’s unclear why there was an increase in domestic homicides in the GTA in 2018, experts say. Both femicides — a term specifically referring to the killing of women and girls — and domestic homicides have, overall, been decreasing in Canada. In Toronto, which saw 96 homicides in Toronto in 2018, 21 victims were women and girls.

Source: thestar January 06, 2019 16:52 UTC