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Brother of Toronto PATH stabbing victim Rosemarie Junor starts online fundraiser

The brother of Rosemarie Junor, the Toronto resident stabbed last week at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto's underground PATH system, launches a GoFundMe campaign to pay for her funeral.

This 'was supposed to be their next step together, not planning her funeral,' Miguel Junor writes

The brother of Rosemarie (Kim) Junor, 28, who died following a stabbing last week in a downtown Toronto drugstore, has started a crowdfunding page to raise money for her funeral. (Toronto Police Service)

Saying his sister's "vibrant life was cut short," the brother of a 28-year-old womanstabbed last week at a Shoppers Drug Mart in the underground ofToronto's financial districthas launched an online funding campaign to pay for her funeral.

By 10:20a.m. ET Friday, theGoFundMe campaign byMiguel Junor, Rosemarie(Kim) Junor'sbrother,had raised just over $7,700.
Richard Junor has launched an online funding campaign to pay for his sister's funeral. (Makda Ghebreslassie/CBC)

"Rosemarie Kim Junor was my baby sister," the page reads."[She]was at the prime of her life and starting a family with her husband, Lenny Persaud [this]was supposed to be their next step together, not planning her funeral. All of those dreamswere tragically taken from her."

Junordied in hospital Wednesday night following the unprovoked attack last Friday in the store in the PATH, theunderground pedestrian tunnel system, in the heart of Toronto's financial district.

Rohinie Bisesar, 40, was arrested Tuesday and has been charged with second-degree murder.

Junor died less than six months after her wedding, according to Facebook posts.

"My family is heartbroken at the thought of continuing in this life without our beautiful Rosemarie," reads the description on the GoFundMe page. "We are currently making funeral arrangements and any donation would greatly appreciated to contribute towards her funeral.

The page says the funds are needed by Monday.

'Rosemarie was much more than a victim, she was a wife,' writes the brother of Rosemarie (Kim) Junor on the GoFundMe web page. (GoFundMe )