So preventable: Ontario womans killing shouldnt be forgotten, advocates say [Video]

Advocates say the murder of a local London, Ont., woman is a devastating loss and one that, like all cases of violence against women, should not be forgotten.

On Wednesday, a memorial bench was unveiled just outside the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre on Elizabeth Street in London to a group of family, friends, advocates, and local politicians in honour of Cheryl Lynn Sheldon, 62.

The site has a plaque that reads, “In loving memory of my sister Cheryl Sheldon — taken from us far too soon by femicide. There is a hole in my heart where you will dwell eternally. We all love you, sis, and you will never be forgotten.”

On June 22, Cheryl was found with life-threatening injuries in an apartment building on Wharncliffe Road North, near Western Road. She was rushed to hospital where she later died.

George Kenneth Curtis, 44, has been charged with second-degree murder in her death, and police said …