A Queens County man is the latest victim of intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia, RCMP say. (RCMP)

RCMP have charged a man with second-degree murder in a domestic assault in Queens County in late March.

On March 28 at 3:30 a.m., Queens District RCMP and paramedics responded to a weapons call at a home in Mill Village.  

They found an 84-year-old man with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed. Another man fled earlier in a vehicle.

Officers arrested a suspect later that morning, at about 7:45 a.m. at a home in Voglers Cove.

Derek Dominix, 60, of Mill Village was charged then with attempted murder.

The 84-year-old man died on April 11 in hospital, where he had been since the attack.

The Nova Scotia medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide, according to an RCMP news release.

Police say it’s a case of intimate partner violence.

The Southwest Nova RCMP major crime unit took over the investigation and upgraded the attempted murder charge to second-degree murder on April 22.

Dominix remains in custody and will appear in Bridgewater provincial court on May 15, at 9:30 a.m.

This is the ninth person killed because of intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia since Oct. 18, 2024. Seven women have been killed in cases linked to their male partners. In one of those cases, a woman’s father was also killed.

An RCMP spokeswoman said they won’t be releasing the victim’s name.

Anyone experiencing, or at risk of, intimate partner violence can seek help anonymously by calling 211 or 1-855-225-0220.

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RCMP have charged a 60-year-old Mill Village man with attempted murder.

Queens District RCMP were called to a house on Hwy. 3 in Mill Village on March 28 at about 3:30 a.m.

Officers and ambulance personnel found an 84-year-old man with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed.

Another man had fled the scene before police arrived, according to an RCMP news release late Wednesday afternoon.

Both men knew each other, and no one else was in the home at the time of the assault.

Police arrested a suspect at a home in Voglers Cove at 7:45 p.m.

Derek Dominix, 60, has been charged with attempted murder and taken into custody. He’s scheduled to appear in Bridgewater provincial court on April 10 at 9:30 a.m.