Saskatoon police declare suspicious death a homicide

Saskatoon police officers were called to 3206 33rd Street West Monday morning with reports of an “insecure property.” When they arrived, they found a woman dead in the basement.

Saskatoon police officers were called to 3206 33rd Street West Monday morning with reports of an “insecure property.”

When they arrived, they found a woman dead in the basement.

Now, police say they are investigating the death as a homicide.

In a news release on Tuesday morning, Saskatoon police identified the victim as 24-year-old Melissa Duquette. Police haven't released other information, but they said officers from the major crimes section were on the case.

Investigators were at the scene on Monday afternoon, door-knocking at neighbouring homes.

Two police cruisers sat parked in front of house, with police tape running across the yard and both ends of an adjacent pathway that connects 33rd Street to the back alley, where another cruiser was parked.

Saskatoon police have asked anyone with information about Duquette's killing to call police or Crime Stoppers.