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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after fatal fight in Parkdale rooming house

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McDonald, C. (2026, October 20). Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after fatal fight in Parkdale rooming house. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12109950/man-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-after-fatal-fight-in-parkdale-rooming-house/

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Global News · collected 2026-10-20 · by Catherine McDonald

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Timothy Graves pleaded guilty to manslaughter after beating his roommate, Mychaluk, to death at a rooming house on Fuller Avenue near Queen Street and Lansdowne Avenue in Parkdale. The fatal incident occurred on January 23, 2024, when an argument escalated into physical violence; Graves punched and kicked Mychaluk multiple times, causing severe head trauma that led to Mychaluk's death nearly ten months later. Despite being barred from the rooming house due to a previous altercation in April 2023, Graves had returned sometime during the summer of 2023. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for December.
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Timothy Graves, 59, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of his roommate Alan Mychaluk, 63, who died eleven months after being severely beaten at their rooming house on Fuller Avenue near Queen Street West in Parkdale. The incident occurred on January 23, 2024, when both men were drinking vodka together and a verbal argument turned physical. According to the agreed statement of facts read in court, Graves punched Mychaluk multiple times, including once while Mychaluk was on the floor unable to defend himself. Mychaluk suffered critical injuries that led him to spend 11 months in St. Joseph’s Health Centre before his death.

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Catherine McDonald
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Topics

911 Crown Parkdale St. Joseph’s Health Centre

Subjects

Mychaluk PERSON · 10× Graves PERSON · 9× 911 ORG · 1× Crown ORG · 1× David Parry PERSON · 1× Parkdale GPE · 1× St. Joseph’s Health Centre ORG · 1× Timothy Graves PERSON · 1×

Narrative

A verbal argument erupted between the two men who were alone in the living room before things turned physical. “At some point during this altercation, Mr. Mychaluk uttered words to the effect of, ‘you’re going to get it this time,’ and tried to bite Mr. Graves,” said assistant Crown attorney David Parry, reading from the facts.
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🔮 He could not speak and required around the clock care including a feeding tube.

Claims (19 extracted, 2 hedged)

Timothy Graves has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and breaching a bail condition, admitting that he beat his roommate to death in the Parkdale rooming house where they both lived, a place the 59-year-old was not supposed to be. asserted
old → plead → house
According to an agreed statement of facts read out in a downtown courtroom Tuesday, on the evening of Jan. 23, 2024, Graves and Mychaluk were drinking vodka together in the living room of the rooming house at 48 Fuller Ave. near Queen Street and Lansdowne Avenue. uncertain
Graves → accord → Street
A verbal argument erupted between the two men who were alone in the living room before things turned physical. “At some point during this altercation, Mr. Mychaluk uttered words to the effect of, ‘you’re going to get it this time,’ and tried to bite Mr. Graves,” said assistant Crown attorney David Parry, reading from the facts. asserted
Parry → erupt → facts
The facts state, the owner of the property, who also lived there, had been asleep in his main floor bedroom. asserted
who → state → bedroom
He was awakened by the fight and opened his door to see Mychaluk lying on the ground with very limited movement. asserted
Mychaluk → awaken → movement
Graves was standing above him and neither man was speaking. asserted
man → stand → him
Get daily National news During the altercation, Graves punched Mychaluk in the head and face numerous times, including after Mychaluk was lying on the floor unable to defend himself. asserted
Mychaluk → get → himself
The rooming house owner also observed Graves kick Mychaluk in the head at least four times while he was on the groumd. asserted
he → room → groumd
After kicking Mychaluk, Graves asked the property owner for money and then fled the scene. asserted
Graves → kick → scene
911 was called and around 7:25 p.m., police arrived and found Mychaluk lying on his back in a hallway. asserted
Mychaluk → call → hallway
His face was swollen and covered in blood. asserted
face → cover → blood
He was unresponsive though still breathing. asserted
He → breathe → ?
Mychaluk was rushed to St. Joseph’s Health Centre in critical condition and remained in hospital for the remainder of his life — approximately 10 months. asserted
Mychaluk → rush → life
He could not speak and required around the clock care including a feeding tube. uncertain
He → speak → tube
On Nov. 23, 2024, the 63-year-old died. asserted
old → die → Nov.
Court heard that on April 5, 2023, roughly nine months before the deadly assault, Graves and Mychaluk were involved in a dispute and Graves was arrested. asserted
Graves → hear → dispute
A day later, Graves was released on bail with conditions including that he not attend the rooming house in Parkdale. asserted
he → release → Parkdale
Sometime during the summer of 2023, he moved back in. asserted
he → move → 2023
A sentencing hearing will be held in December. asserted
hearing → hold → December
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