Christmas Day homicide victim was selfless ‘superhero’ [Video]

The last time Alexander Walters saw his fiancée Jolene Arreak — on Christmas Day — she hung a little wreath on his door and they parted with a hug and kiss. 

The couple usually said “see you later” instead of “bye.” 

That day, though, they said the latter.

“Maybe our spirits knew what was happening and we didn’t know,” Walters said of what became the “scariest” day of his life. 

Arreak, 46, died later on Dec. 25. Ottawa police have charged a man with second-degree murder. 

As Arreak’s relatives gather in her home community in Nunavut this week, and a memorial takes place on Friday afternoon at an Ottawa church, people who knew Arreak are remembering her as a selfless volunteer who valued nature, the preservation of Inuit heritage, …