Woman found dead in N.S. fire, police call death latest intimate partner violence case [Video]

Police in Nova Scotia say a woman who was found dead in a house fire that appeared suspicious has deemed her death a case of intimate partner violence, charging a man with murder.

The Southwest Nova RCMP’s major crime unit said the fire started at around 3 a.m. on Saturday at a home on Anthony Avenue in Centreville. Six people were able to escape the home before first responders arrived and no one was injured, police said.

During the search, police said a 22-year-old woman was found dead inside the home.

“From the initial information and evidence gathered, investigators believed that both the death and the fire were suspicious in nature,” police said.

Nova Scotia’s medical examiner’s office determined the woman’s death was the result of homicide. Police called her death “the result of intimate partner violence.”

Hours later, officers put out a search for a 28-year-old man. Justin Joseph …