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AJAX — A horrific act of domestic violence shattered a family Wednesday, claiming the lives of a mom, her teenage son and a teen daughter.

A 29-year-old man believed to be the 39-year-old mother’s boyfriend is in custody for the triple murder.

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Officers responded to a house on Hilling Dr. — south of Bayly St. W. and Westney Rd. S. — around 11 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from a woman known to the mother stopped by to “check on the well-being of her friend” and was confronted by the man, spokesman Dave Selby said Wednesday.

“She was refused entry and the male left the area in a vehicle,” he said.

After arriving at the house, officers initially found Roy Pejcinovski, 15, dead and his 13-year-old sister, Venallia, critically injured.

The girl was rushed to a local hospital and later transferred to a Toronto trauma centre, where she died Wednesday night.

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A third child was not at home at the time of the slayings.