-- Toronto -- A seven-year-old girl was found dead early Sunday morning and her 29-year-old guardian was charged with second-degree murder after police responded to a 911 call from the west-end apartment building where they lived.**********
She was the youngest of three homicide victims over a violent holiday weekend in Toronto.
RELATED: Speaking of "violent holiday weekend"
A 37-year-old man visiting Toronto for Caribana was shot in a botched robbery attempt early Sunday morning.**********
Police said the Rochester, N.Y., man was performing a card trick for some passersby just before 2:15 a.m. near Bay Street and Richmond Street West when three men approached the man and attempted to steal his gold necklace.
UPDATE: This little girl never had a chance
Police arrested Irving, a trusted friend of the young girl's mother for at least a decade, and have charged her with second-degree murder.**********
Sampson said she gave over care of Katelynn to Irving while she dealt with "personal problems," which she wouldn't specify.
Irving became Katelynn's caregiver in January, Ryan said, despite having a history with social services and a criminal record of "some violence." She has four of her own biological children, two of whom were in their father's care.
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