Ottawa police say one man is in custody after two women were found dead Friday nightTwo women, aged 29 and 32, are dead and one man is in custody as police investigate a double homicide on McCarthy Road near Paul Anka Drive Friday night. Police were called to a home on McCarthy Road at around 9 p.m. after two women were found dead. Police reported Saturday morning that one man is in custody in relation to the deaths. The major crime unit is investigating. Police are asking anyone with information about the investigation to contact them. 2016 sees spike in homicides The deaths are the city's 23rd and 24th homicides of 2016. The Ottawa Police Service is currently conducting a review of its historical homicide data, but the last time Ottawa saw this many homicides in a single year was likely 1995 — when the number of homicides was somewhere between 23 and 25. The number of homicides in a given year has risen above 16 only twice in the past 32 years. Ottawa police have investigated an average of 10 homicides per year in the past 32 years, but the rate can vary wildly: there were only two homicides in 1998 and there have been 24 so far this year.
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