27-year-old charged with 2nd-degree murder after his mother’s death

In relation to the passing of his mother, a 27-year-old Toronto man has been detained and charged with second-degree murder.

Joy Barnwell, 70, a resident of Toronto, was the victim of the city’s first homicide of 2023, according to a late-afternoon news update from Toronto police Const. Alex Li.

Li emphasised that this was an isolated incidence to comfort the public.

Michael Rawlings, a Toronto resident who is 27 years old, appeared in court on Thursday, according to Li.

Around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, emergency personnel were called to the intersection of Finch Avenue East and Seneca Hill Drive in North York where they discovered Barnwell in “medical distress with injuries.”

Later, she was declared dead on the spot.

The public is encouraged to come forward with any witnesses or anyone who may have heard or seen something strange in the vicinity, or to submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.

Prabhnoor Kaur