Downtown Edmonton stabbing deemed homicide

A fatal stabbing in downtown Edmonton on Thursday morning has been deemed a homicide by Edmonton Police following an autopsy.

The Edmonton Medical Examiner's autopsy results confirm that a 48-year-old woman died from stab wounds, police said in a news release Friday.

Edmonton Police have not released the victim's name, but CBC News has identified her as Rose Knife.

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Officers responded to reports of a stabbing in the area of 100thStreet and 105A Avenue on Thursday morning at 7:15 a.m.

Knife was found injured and lying on the ground in a parking lot next to the nearby George Spady Centre. She died in hospital.

Homicide detectives continue to investigate.