New Brunswick

3 arrested after Moncton woman stabbed to death

Three people have been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death in Moncton early Tuesday. 

RCMP say 32-year-old woman found with multiple stab wounds on Belleview Avenue

Police cars parked along a residential street with yellow crime scene tape across the road.
Police say the woman was found on Belleview Avenue with multiple stab wounds. Belleview runs between St. George Street and Spurr Street. (Ian Bonnell/Radio-Canada)

Three people have been arrested after a 32-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Moncton early Tuesday. 

New Brunswick RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Stéphane Esculier said police were called to Belleview Avenue, north of downtown, around 2:45 a.m. for a report of a disturbance. 

Officers found a woman in the street who had several stab wounds, Esculier said. She was taken to hospital, where she died. 

Belleview runs between St. George Street and Spurr Street.

A residential street with several homes, driveways and signs with a police SUV and crime scene tape.
The RCMP blocked off a section of Belleview Avenue between Mountain Road and Spurr Street on Tuesday. (Patrick Lacelle/Radio-Canada)

Esculier said police later stopped a vehicle that had been spotted in the area where the woman was found.

Three people were arrested and remain in custody. Esculier said they are a 38-year-old woman from Fredericton, a 49-year-old man from Bloomfield Ridge, and a 28-year-old man from Storeytown.

No charges have been laid so their names are not being released. 

Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area with a dashcam or who has surveillance cameras to contact police. 

Esculier said it was too early to comment on what may have led to the stabbing. 

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Shane Magee

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Shane Magee is a Moncton-based reporter for CBC.