Man to appear in court after deaths of woman, 2 teens in Ajax

Police have identified an Ajax woman and her two teen children who were killed in an alleged triple homicide, as well as the man charged in connection with their deaths.

Police say Krassimira Pejcinovski, 39, and her son, Roy Pejcinovski, 15, were found dead in their Ajax home Wednesday afternoon. They say the woman’s 13-year-old daughter, Venallia Pejcinovski, was found in the home with critical injuries and died in hospital.

Officers said they have charged 29-year-old Cory Fenn, of Ajax, with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths.

Police said they believe Fenn was romantically involved with Krassimira Pejcinovski but did not live with the family.

Investigators said Pejcinovski had another daughter who was not at the home at the time of the incident.

Fenn, who was arrested without incident at an Oshawa home on Wednesday night, appeared in court on Thursday with cuts and bruises on his face. He was ordered not to communicate with several people.

Fenn was previously convicted for assaulting a police officer in 2009 and for mischief in 2011 and received suspended sentences. Other charges for uttering threats and bribery were withdrawn.

Police have not said how the three victims in the case died, but have noted that autopsies were expected Thursday or Friday.

“[Roy] was so nice, nice to everyone, always smiling, always laughing,” his classmate Kyla Sampson said. “When people were rude, he was so nice. He never had anything bad to say, always bright — like an angel, really.

“He was always happy, always talking about his family. He loved his sisters and his mom and his dad.”

The staff of a Toronto minor hockey team said Roy Pejcinovski was a star goalie with the major bantam AAA Don Mills Flyers.

“On behalf of the Don Mills Flyers Organization, our entire team, the players, their families and our coaches, we want to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Roy, Krissy, and Vanna Pejcinovski,” the team said a statement.

“We are heartbroken to have lost, so suddenly, three members of our extended family.”

Grief counsellors broke the news of his death to his teammates Wednesday night, team officials said, noting he was a prospect in next year’s Ontario Hockey League draft.

“It was very tough on all of them,” team manager Nick Slawson said. “Roy was extremely well-liked, very, very popular.”

Slawson, who said he had known Roy since the boy was seven years old, said he was a skilled and determined player.

“The kid was a little undersized for a goaltender by today’s standards but it didn’t deter him at all,” he said. “One of the nicest, and gentlest boys you’d ever want to meet.”

The team’s Friday night game has been cancelled, but they will hold a practice on Saturday where grief counsellors will be brought in, Slawson said.

Police said they were called to the Ajax home shortly before noon on Wednesday by a woman who stopped by to check on a friend.

The woman said a man had answered the door and would not let her in, according to police. The man then left the area in a black pickup truck that was later found abandoned.

Const. George Tudos said forensic officers were going through the Pejcinovski home collecting evidence and would probably be there for the rest of day on Wednesday.

Fenn will appear in court again on March 29 by video.