There was a summer wedding. Then in September, the newlyweds bought their first home. They were about to host their first Christmas — and just beginning to lay the foundation of the rest of their lives.

But last Friday, Rosemarie Junor was stabbed in a PATH Shoppers Drug Mart, just steps from where she worked, in what appears to have been a random attack.

Junor died of her injuries in hospital Wednesday night. On Thursday, Toronto police identified the 28-year-old, known to friends as Kim.

“She was building a family,” her older brother, Richard Junor, told the Star on Thursday from the stoop of his sister Sharon’s home. “She was just starting out... It’s all gone now.”

The Scarborough townhouse was decorated with stars and Christmas garlands — a home incongruously cheerful with the emotional family gathering inside.

“She could have been anyone. She could have been you.” Richard said of the seemingly random attack. “We all have good and bad, but my sister — she was an angel. She still is, to me.”

Police were called to a Shoppers Drug Mart outlet beneath the Toronto-Dominion Centre at 2:55 p.m. Dec. 11, after reports of a stabbing. According to police, a woman armed with a knife approached the victim and stabbed her in a “vital organ” in a “completely random act of violence.”

Rohinie Bisesar, 40, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection with the attack and initially charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon. Junor was listed in “grave” condition in hospital for several days before succumbing to her injuries at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

The homicide unit has now taken over the investigation, and charges against Bisesar have been upgraded to second-degree murder. Her next court appearance is scheduled for Friday morning.

Born in Trinidad to a family of South Asian descent, Junor was the youngest of four siblings and lived in Canada for more than 20 years. Her 44-year-old brother described her as “full of life” and “outgoing” — a young woman who poured that energy into soccer and South Indian dance.

“She was a very graceful dancer,” said Suzanna Dutt, who performed and taught with Junor at the Tarana Dance Centre. Junor’s laugh, Dutt added, was infectious.

“It’s still unreal to all of the dance team,” Dutt said. “We lost a family member.”

Junor worked as a support specialist at Medcan, a private healthcare clinic at Adelaide and York Sts. less than 500 metres from where she was attacked.

“Our organization is like a big family, and we are all grieving today for this loss,” Medcan chief operating officer Brett Laschinger told the Star.

“Rosemarie was just such a vibrant, happy and glowing person. She had so many good friends here and was such a positive force here, and we are all just devastated.”

Her mother-in-law, Goonwanti Persaud, said her son, Baldeo, was “trying to cope” with the loss. Persaud was introduced to the “lovely, lovely” young woman about five years ago, just when the lovebirds were “starting to get serious.”

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The wedding was beautiful, she said, describing a service that combined the two families’ faiths — Christian for the Junors and Hindu for the Persauds. The banquet reception gathered 420 people, she said.

To Junor’s older brother, this senseless tragedy could have been avoided. He says that the two women had no connection. He wishes that his sister’s attacker would have received... help.

“She wouldn’t be in this situation that she is. My sister wouldn’t be where she is, too,” Richard said. “I’m telling you, that’s my baby. That was my heart.”