{"id":27693,"date":"2026-01-15T09:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=27693"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:25:02","slug":"camosun-instructor-victim-of-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2026\/01\/15\/camosun-instructor-victim-of-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun instructor victim of homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27694\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1-700x493.png 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/drlauragover-1.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camosun instructor Laura Gover-Basar has been identified as a victim of homicide (photo courtesy of Vancouver Island University).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An instructor in Camosun\u2019s Management and Human Resource Leadership department has been identified as the victim of a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Gover-Basar, who also taught at Vancouver Island University, was killed on January 5 in Saanich; Gover-Basar, who was 41, is believed to be the victim of intimate partner violence. Gover-Basar\u2019s ex-partner Muhammed Ali Basar has been charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Gover-Basar had been at Camosun since 2021. A GoFundMe has been set up to help support her two daughters, who are 7 and 11; the link can be accessed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-laura-govers-daughters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-laura-govers-daughters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Look for our full story soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An instructor in Camosun\u2019s Management and Human Resource Leadership department has been identified as the victim of a homicide. Laura Gover-Basar, who also taught at Vancouver Island University, was killed on January 5 in Saanich; Gover-Basar, who was 41, is believed to be the victim of intimate partner violence. 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