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Crime Toronto & GTA Man accused of 2024 Etobicoke double slaying in custody after months-long manhunt Joseph Ayala, 34, faces two second-degree murder charges after manhunt was launched last summer
Published Jul 14, 2025 • Last updated Jul 14, 2025 • 1 minute read
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Toronto Police say Joseph Ayala, 33, is charged with second-degree murder. Photo by Handout /Toronto Police Article content Police have made an arrest in the deaths of two women found slain last summer in a south Etobicoke home.
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Toronto Police were dispatched to a home on Silvercrest Ave., near Evans Rd. and Browns Line, just before 1 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2024, for a welfare check.
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Once there, crews found the victims — Sharon Fraser, 60, and her mother Colleen Fraser, 82 — with fatal injuries.
Police have not released their cause of death.
A manhunt soon began for the suspect, Joseph Ayala, 34, of Toronto, whom investigators described as a “relative” of the victims.
Ayala reportedly lived in the same home as the two victims and CP24 has reported that they are his mother and grandmother.
Now nearly a year after the slayings, police announced Monday that Ayala is in custody, facing two counts of second-degree murder.
Anybody with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers.
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