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Suspect charged in death of Mississauga man

RCMP cruiser extensively damaged after being rammed, attacked by a man with an axe near Canora, Sask. File / Global News

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Peel Region police have arrested and charged a 37-year-old man in connection with the death of a man in Mississauga.

The body of 59-year-old Ronald William Escott, of no fixed address, was found in a home on Wednesday after police responded to a call about a suspicious death.

Police say an autopsy revealed that he died of physical trauma.

On Thursday, police arrested and charged Jason Hamlyn with second-degree murder.

He is scheduled to appear in court in Brampton on Friday for a bail hearing.

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