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Father mourns tragic loss of his daughter By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The father of an Oakville woman found dead of stab wounds in her Treetop Terrace home Thursday, said his daughter was an unbelievable person loved by all who knew her. Former Superior Court Justice Walter Stayshyn spoke to The Oakville Beaver Friday, about Katherine Newman, 43, whose body was discovered by a friend in her home at 1151 Treetop Terrace at noon Thursday. Halton police homicide unit confirmed late Friday, following a postmortem examination, Katherine died of multiple stab wounds. Investigators said Friday, they are pursuing the possibility her death could be linked to the incident involving Kyle Newman, which is now under investigation by the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) -- the first time police have confirmed a possible link between the two incidents. "We just can't believe it," said Stayshyn, choking back tears. "She was just such an amazing person." Newman's body was discovered only minutes after Halton police fatally shot a man, during an altercation in the parking lot of the 20 Division Police Station, located at 95 Oak Walk Dr. near Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road. The SIU has identified the deceased man as Kyle Newman, 43, of Oakville. Stayshyn confirmed Kyle was Katherine's estranged husband. "We thought it was a happy marriage, but he became such a totally different individual," said Stayshyn. "I've been worried for the last year and a half because he's changed. I was afraid he was going to do something to her." Stayshyn said Kyle was never violent with Katherine and said that was actually a problem as it prevented her from getting a restraining order against him. "Even a restraining order wouldn't have stopped yesterday," he said. Stayshyn said his daughter, a breast-cancer survivor, was a nursing graduate of the University of Western Ontario and had a master's degree in health sciences from the University of Toronto. He said her nursing career had seen her hold positions with St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University Medical Centre 3 · Wednesday, January 18, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER REMEMBERING KATHERINE: Two bouquets rest in Friday's snowfall next to Christmas lights and police tape at the home of murder victim Katherine Newman. and Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH). Katherine also served as nurse manager in Mississauga for two or three years. Stayshyn said her compassionate nature is what drew Katherine into nursing. He also said the strength of her character could be seen in the way she cared for her and Kyle's three boys, aged 12, 10 and 7. "While she was at the Mississauga hospital she had the three small boys at home and because they were different ages, they had to be in different daycare places," said Stayshyn. "So before she got to work at 8 a.m., she had to make three different dropoffs, get to the hospital by 8 a.m., run three hospital floors, leave at 4 p.m. to pick up the boys from the three different places and then get dinner ready for them. The boys are now very active in hockey and soccer in the Oakville area and she would take them to three different places for practices and hockey because she was totally into the kids' activities. She would read to them at night and help them with their homework. That's the kind of person she was. She was just a wonderful mother." Stayshyn said Katherine and Kyle met in high school. They eventually married in 1996. The couple moved to Boston in 2006 after Kyle got a job there as a marketing manager for medical equipment. Katherine and Kyle parted in May 2010 and returned to Oakville living in separate homes. 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