Police have charged a man with second degree murder after finding a 39-year-old woman and her 15-year-old son dead in an Ajax home. Her 13-year-old daughter was also found in the home with life-threatening injuries, and died in hospital late Wednesday night. “It’s an isolated incident — it’s not a random attack,” Const. George Tudos told reporters.The 15-year-old has been identified as Roy Pejcinovski, a star goalie with the Don Mills Flyers minor midget hockey team.Team president Peter MacInnis said Pejcinovski’s death is a “tremendous loss” for the Flyers, which are in the city finals to represent the Greater Toronto Area for the provincial championship.“It’s tough for the players on the team, the parents, the staff — he was a great kid,” MacInnis told The Canadian Press. “And his buddies on the team are 14 or 15, how do you deal with that?”Durham Region police were called to the area around 11 a.m. Wednesday after a woman went to a house on Hilling Dr., near Westney Rd. S. and Lake Driveway W., to check on her friend.She was instead met at the door by a man who refused to let her inside, police said. After barring her from entering, he fled the area in a vehicle.The man is believed to have been in a relationship with the deceased woman, police said, but he’s not the father of the children. He also didn’t live at the home with the family. Police said there was a third child in the family who was not in the house at the time of the attack. “She was located by police safe and sound at another location,” Tudos said.Numerous comments expressing sadness have been posted to the 15-year-old’s Instagram in the hours following the news by friends and well-wishers.MacInnis said the teen was a top player, who had promising prospects in next year’s Ontario Hockey League draft.“He was an elite athlete, he was absolutely the team’s No. 1 goalie ...
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