Toronto man sentenced to life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in 2022
A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years after he was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in an underground parking garage.
Dylon Dowman, 35, was sentenced Friday in Superior Court in Toronto. On Feb. 20, a jury found him guilty of killing Daniella Mallia, 23, on Aug. 18, 2022. Mallia was shot to death.
The fatal shooting occurred at 2265 Jane Street, north of Highway 401. Officers had been called there for a medical call shortly after 1 p.m. When police arrived, they found Mallia with gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mallia had called police three days before her death to report that Dowman had been threatening and harassing her in text messages following their breakup, according to Police Service Act documents linked to the case.
One text message read: “Ain’t no coming back from death, your done.”
The officers who responded to Mallia’s call for help dismissed it as a case of “he-said, she-said,” the documents said. Their alleged lack of action led them to be charged with misconduct-related offences under the act.
One of the officers involved, Sang Youb Lee, was demoted for a year following disciplinary tribunal hearings. Charges against the second officer, Const. Anson Alfonso, remain outstanding.
‘I feel like I lost her all over again,’ sister says
Inside the courtroom, victim impact statements were read to Superior Court Justice Sean Dunphy.
Tashawna Ingram, Mallia’s sister, spoke directly to Dowman while reading her statement.
“The sentence will not be enough for the heartbreak to heal,” she said. Dowman sat expressionless in the prisoner’s box.
“I wish you well,” Ingram added. “Because that’s what Daniella would have done.”
Outside the courtroom, Ingram told reporters that police should have taken her sister’s concerns more seriously. She said her sister was standing up for herself.
The sentence has brought a new sense of loss, Ingram added.
“I feel like I lost her all over again,” Ingram said.
Diana Ambatali, one of Mallia’s coworker at a Pet Valu store where she worked, said Mallia was brave. The pet store has photos of her up on the wall near the front of the store.
“It just goes to show that he wasn’t a good person,” Ambatali said.
“She was loved. Every one of us. Even if you didn’t know her, just by being around her and hearing the things that we had to say about her, you could love her and she would love you back,” she added.
“Whenever I walk in, it’s the first thing I do is I say hello. And if it’s quiet, I talk to her a bit.”
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