A woman is dead after a stabbing in Campbell River last Thanksgiving weekend.

RCMP were called to the 1300-block Dogwood Street for a report of a possible stabbing shortly before 2 a.m. on Oct. 12.

Officers found a 30-year-old woman bleeding from a life-threatening stab wound. Despite the efforts of paramedics, police and first responders, the woman died of her injuries.

Police said a 29-year-old woman had tried to flee the scene earlier, but was arrested by an officer who was on patrol nearby and was able to get to the area a minute after the call came in.

Pauline Bruce, 29, has been charged with second-degree murder.

Several witnesses were in the area, but some had left before talking to police. Campbell River RCMP is asking anyone who was there and have not yet spoken to police to

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