“Since the son was staying there for a short while he still has an expectation of privacy. Hence we need the warrant,” Corner said in a later email to the Post.

She said the service’s identification team was at the house this afternoon and, “they do expect to find a weapon,” she added.

A couple of neighbours the Post talked to this morning said they hadn’t heard or seen anything out of the ordinary last night in the vicinity of the older red brick bungalow where the death occurred.

Andrew Kovacs, a longtime Woodward Avenue resident who lives one door down from the home, said it’s owned by an older woman who doesn’t live there, but rents it out.

“All I know is I had to go to the bathroom about 1 a.m. and I saw police cars parked outside,” he said.

Neighbour Nancy Novak said the house was renovated for multiple dwellers about five years ago and has been a bit of a problem property in the in the otherwise quiet, suburban neighbourhood.

A woman who lives on Guelph Line next to the home said they heard nothing last night from the home and that she had no concerns about her neighbours in the nine years she has lived there.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Halton police Homicide Unit at 905-825-4777.

Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.com or by texting Tip201 with your message to 274637 (crimes).