Ottawa police were called to a home on Woodvale Green, near Knoxdale Road and Craig Henry Drive, at about 10:20 a.m. Sunday, where they “discovered a female deceased,” the force said in a news release issued Monday. . She has been identified by police as 23-year-old Savanna Pikuyak. Officers arrested a man, the statement added. Nikolas Ibey, 33, appeared in court earlier Monday and is charged with second-degree murder. Police tape surrounds a crime scene on Woodvale Green in southwest Ottawa on Monday. (Francis Ferland/CBC) Andy Daves, who has lived in what he describes as a “very friendly, very family-friendly” neighborhood since 2015, said the incident took place in a house that had only recently been sold. He estimated the new tenants moved in less than two weeks ago and said people in the neighborhood don’t know them. “We just want to know what really happened, because none of us really know. We don’t want to just hear rumours,” he said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Homicide Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.
