An autopsy confirms Tuesday that the wife of an Edmonton-area Mountie died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. Rajpinder Sehmbi was found inside her south Edmonton home in Jackson Heights on Saturday. The woman's husband, Tirth Sehmbi was arrested a few hours later at a different location.

An eight-year member of the RCMP, Tirth Sehmbi, 36, has been charged with his 29-year-old wife's second-degree murder. He has now been suspended with pay. Police say Sehmbi served as a canine handler and traffic services constable out of Stony Plain.

There is now suspicion surfacing about what Sehmbi may have been planning in the days leading up to the murder. A neighbour tells CTV News that Sehmbi approached him on Thursday and asked to use his holiday trailer for the weekend so that he could keep an eye on his own home.

Cara Levesque worked with Rajpinder at Starbucks for close to two years. Rajpinder had immigrated to Canada leaving her family behind in India. 

Friends tell CTV News the couple had been married for almost ten years and had been sorting through some issues.

Madhu Sood with the Welcome Centre for Newcomers says in this particular case the victim may have been feeling isolated, but Sood stresses the incident also highlights a bigger issue.

"This incident is not about a cultural incident, it is not about a Hindu, or Sikh or Christian or anything, it is actually about a woman who has died a violent death and how do we value a woman's life -- it could be any woman on our streets."

Exclusive footage obtained by CTV News shows Sehmbi along with fellow members of the Edmonton Police Service being introduced to the Alberta Legislature earlier this year. They were being honoured in celebration of a Sikh religious holiday.

Sehmbi used to volunteer for Radio Punjab, a radio station which focuses on South Asian issues and music. He and an Edmonton police officer co-hosted a radio program. The program, spoken in Punjabi, informed newcomers about traffic law.

"By nature he was a very positive person," said Sehmbi's co-worker Jarnamil Basota. During the seven eight months I had spent with him doing radio programs I have never seen him angry."

The couple had two young boys. CTV News has been told by friends that the children are staying with family in Edmonton.

The woman's aunt and uncle arrived in Calgary Monday night. The victim's uncle says more family will be arriving in Edmonton in the coming days to make funeral arrangements.

Sehmbi remains in the Remand Centre. He has been segregated from other inmates.

He is scheduled to make another court appearance on August 12th.

With files from Sonia Sunger