{"id":825349,"date":"2026-07-25T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825349\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:22:35","slug":"edmonton-woman-23-allegedly-strangled-to-death-by-partner-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825349\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton woman, 23, allegedly strangled to death by partner: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton police allege a 23-year-old woman died at the hands of her boyfriend, who has since been charged with murder.<\/p>\n

Damanpreet Kaur died in hospital July 12, three days after being found unresponsive and with life-threatening injuries at a southeast Edmonton home, in the Silverberry neighbourhood. A man was taken into custody shortly after.<\/p>\n

The Edmonton Police Service says an autopsy completed July 14 determined her cause of death was strangulation. <\/p>\n

Ritish Kumar, 22, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder. The allegation against him has not been tested in court. <\/p>\n

While Edmonton police are not confirming to CityNews if Kumar was the original person detained, or if he was released, they specified they are not looking for any other suspects.<\/p>\n

A person living on Silverberry Road told CityNews Kaur lived in a basement suite with Kumar.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Silverberry home where Damanpreet Kaur and Ritish Kumar were living in the basement suite. (Siddi Chudal, CityNews)<\/p>\n

Though authorities had previously withheld the victim\u2019s name and cause of death for \u201cinvestigative reasons,\u201d Kaur was first identified to CityNews by a friend in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a young girl. She came as like all the other young students here with big hopes and dreams about her future. But it is sad what is happening with her,\u201d Gulzar Singh Nirman said Wednesday. <\/p>\n

CityNews spoke to several neighbours who remembered Kaur as friendly, often saying hello to those who lived on her street.<\/p>\n

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Damanpreet Kaur died in hospital July 12, three days after she was found unresponsive in a southeast Edmonton home. (Courtesy: GoFundMe)<\/p>\n

Nirman says he spoke to Kaur\u2019s father on the phone in India. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe can\u2019t control his emotions, so it\u2019s very sad. Because if you have only one child, all the hopes and dreams are with that guy, that girl, and she\u2019s gone from this world. It\u2019s very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

An online fundraiser<\/a> has raised more than $16,000 to send her body to her family in India so they can grieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very sad, but they trust the Canadian system,\u201d said Nirman. \u201cThey know she will get justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013With files from Lauren Boothby, Samreen Khoja, and Siddi Chudal<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tDamanpreet Kaur, 23, was the victim of intimate partner homicide, Edmonton police are saying. (Courtesy: GoFundMe) <\/p>\n

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