3rd murder charge laid in connection with house fire outside Halifax

HALIFAX – Police have charged a man with a third count of second-degree murder following a house fire outside Halifax on Jan. 7.

Codey Hennigar, 30, was originally charged with two counts of second-degree murder after police determined 81-year-old Clifford William Ward and 54-year-old Mildred Anne Ward, whose bodies were found in the house on Old Guysborough Road, had been murdered.

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Investigators later determined that a third person, 74-year-old Ida Raye Ward, had also been murdered. Hennigar was charged Friday in her death.

He was also charged with assault with a weapon and flight from police after allegedly ramming a car into two police vehicles, which led to his arrest.

Hennigar has been in police custody since the initial charges were laid and is due to appear in court on Jan. 30.

The home is in a rural, wooded area about 25 kilometres northeast of Halifax’s airport.

With files from The Canadian Press