London Ont. murder victim reportedly asked neighbours for help before her death [Video]

Residents of a public housing complex near Western University were shaken to learn London police have laid a murder charge in relation to the death of a tenant.

London police have charged a 44-year-old man with second-degree murder in relation to the death of 62-year-old Cheryl Lynn Sheldon.

Louise Phillips, a resident of the same complex at 345 and 347 Wharncliffe Rd., had nothing but kind words for Sheldon.

“She was a very lovely woman,” Phillips said. “She had, like everybody has, their flaws in today’s society, but she was an amazing woman. And unfortunately, it’s sad that this has happened.”

Police were still on scene Monday, a day after the second-degree murder count was laid against George Kenneth Curtis.

They say Sheldon and Curtis “were known to each other.”

They also attached an advisory to their media release regarding intimate partner violence and femicide.

A police cruiser parked outside …