Police Investigate 1st Homicide of 2019

Region of Peel– Investigators from the Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau are currently investigating the first homicide of 2019.

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at approximately 7:15 a.m., officers responded to a residence located on Rushton Crescent in the City of Mississauga in regards to a woman without vital signs. Once officers arrived, they located Tan Nguyen, a 74-year-old woman from Mississauga, deceased and found her death to be suspicious in nature. As such, the Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau was notified of the incident and has taken carriage of the investigation.

As a result of the investigation, Dinh Nguyen, a 76-year-old man from Mississauga, was charged with Second Degree Murder and appeared at the Ontario Court of Justice in the City of Brampton on February 12, 2019.

Anyone with information is asked to call investigators from the Homicide and Missing Persons Bureau at  (905) 453–2121, extension 3205.  Anonymous information may also be submitted by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), by visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca.

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N/R #19-049

Inc. #19-0055415

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