Murder-suicide suspected in city’s first homicide of 2024

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The city’s first homicide of the new year – a 28-year-old man killed Tuesday in North York – has been deemed a murder-suicide.

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Toronto Police say officers responded to a call at a residence near Bathurst St. and Baycrest Ave. – south of Hwy. 401 – around 8:20 a.m. on Jan. 2.

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Inside the residential unit, they found a man and woman who were both dead.

“The man and woman were known to each other,” Const. Laura Brabant said in a statement released Saturday.

She said the dead man’s body “displayed signs of trauma.”

The victim has been identified as Mert Sozdinler, 28, of Toronto, but how he was killed has yet to be revealed.

“Homicide investigators believe that the deceased woman is responsible for both deaths,” Brabant said. “Investigators would like to speak with anyone familiar with the victim.”

Police did not release the identity of the woman and they have not said what relationship, if any, existed between her and the victim.

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At last count, there were 73 homicides in the city in 2023.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call the Homicide Unit at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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