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Alissa Martin-Travers was just five years old; Shane Haley, 20, faces murder rap

A five-year-old girl has been murdered in one of the most horrifying crimes to plague the city in recent memory.
Alissa Martin-Travers was killed in her home on Cumberland Street in Cornwall in what police deemed a "violent crime" in a quiet city neighbourhood.
Cornwall police charged Shane Haley, 20, with the first-degree murder. He was arrested at his Cornwall residence.
The murder has left the neighbourhood surrounding Alissa's home wrapped in a blanket of fear.
Teddy bears and flowers were being left outside the home Thursday evening, and neighbours could be seen milling about, quietly consoling each other.
Joseph Quesnel, who lives next door to the house where the murder occurred, said Alissa was a small girl with shoulder-length brown hair who was always outside playing. He recalls often waving hello to the girl.
"To think that happened right next door," Quesnel said. "It's quite upsetting."
Police received a 911 call at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday from Alissa's mother, Stephanie Martin.
The call led officers to investigate the "suspicious death of a child" at the family's 539 Cumberland St. residence.
Alissa lived there with her mother and baby sister, Serenity.
"It deeply saddens me to have to inform the community of the tragic and untimely death of one of its five-year-old citizens," Parkinson said at a city hall press conference.

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Lissa

There's crime in Canada.

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HappyMomma

After reading another article about it, it just breaks my heart. The little girl's pictures remind me of my Dd. So sad.

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