5^th December 2024 – Sarnia Police Service has confirmed that an international student from India who was a student at Lambton College in Sarnia has been killed. The victim has been identified as 22-year-old, Gurasis Singh.

On Sunday December 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM, police responded to a 911 call at residence on Queen Street south of Talfourd Street in Sarnia for a report of a stabbing. Police reported that during the early morning hours, two residents of a rooming house at 194 Queen Street in Sarnia were involved in a physical altercation while in the kitchen.  During the altercation, one resident accessed a knife and stabbed the other multiple times, killing him.

Crossley Hunter, 36-years-old, of Sarnia has been charged with second degree murder and appeared by video before a Justice of the Peace and was remanded into custody.  His next appearance will be by video on Friday December 6, 2024.

The accused and the victim were known to each other in that they shared space in the same rooming house. Police do not believe that this was a racially motivated crime.

Statement received from Lambton College

“Students are at the heart of Lambton College, and the loss of a student is a tragedy of the highest magnitude. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone impacted by this devastating loss.

Lambton College has been in touch with the student’s family, and are working with them on funeral arrangements and repatriation.

Support is being provided to members of the Lambton College community through the Counselling & Wellness Centre, Centre for Global Engagement, Lion’s Mind Peer Wellness Collective, and the Employee and Family Assistance Plan.

We thank our Sarnia-Lambton community for its ongoing support, and ask that the privacy of the victim’s family, friends and classmates be respected during this difficult time”.