A 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of another man in Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in Antigonish County, N.S.
RCMP were called around 3 a.m. Sunday to a sudden death at a home on Petow Loop Extension.
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At the time, police said they considered the 40-year-old victim’s death to be suspicious.
RCMP said Friday the death had been ruled a homicide, following an autopsy.
Issiah Julian, the 27-year-old man of Paq’tnkek who was arrested at the scene, was charged with second-degree murder and has been remanded into custody.
He will next appear in Antigonish Provincial Court on March 6.
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