Winnipeg man charged with murder in stabbing of 3-year-old daughter

A Winnipeg man has beencharged with first-degree murder after allegedly abducting his three-year-old daughter and stabbing her to death Wednesday morning.

Police have charged Frank Nausigimana, 28,with first-degree murder. He is in custody.

In a news release Thursday, Winnipeg police said it was believed that the estranged father abducted his daughter from her mother at knifepointin her car in the Robertson neighbourhood before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Soon after, officers received a tip and found the man and a vehicle in the area of Jefferson Avenue and King Edward Street.

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Winnipeg police share details after man charged with murder in stabbing death of three-year-old girl

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Const. Jay Murray said Thursday Winnipeg police have charged a 28-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of his young daughter.

Police said they found the girl inside, suffering from stab wounds. She was rushed to hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead.

"I can't imagine the grief and the pain [family members] are experiencing," Const. Jay Murray said at a Thursday news conference. "It's unbelievably horrific."

Murray said emergency personnel provided first aid and did everything they could, and thatstaff involved were shaken by the experience.

No time for Amber Alert

According to Murray, it was a matter of minutes from the time the initial call came in to when police believe the child was fatally injured.

"All this unfolded in an incredibly tight timeframe," he said, suggestingthere was no time to issue an Amber Alert.

The mother and father split up soon after their daughter's birth, Murray said, and there hadn't been contact between them in recent months.

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Const. Jay Murray on number of young homicide victims in Winnipeg in recent years

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Const. Jay Murray of the Winnipeg Police Service commented Thursday on the number of young victims who have been killed in the city in recent years.

Murray declined to provide details when asked ifthere wasa no-contact order in place against the man.

Asked about the broader context of homicides involving young children in Winnipeg in recent years,Murray said there had beenseveral separate homicides of young childrenin the last year alone, withthe deaths of two three-month-olds and atwo and a half year old.

In October 2019, he saida three-year-old was stabbedand died in hospital the following month.

"That's another incident a lot of people are going to draw some comparisons with."

Winnipeg man charged with murder in stabbing of 3-year-old daughter

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Frank Nausigimana has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly abducting his three-year-old daughter and stabbing her to death Wednesday morning.