WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Police Service has arrested and charged a 28-year-old man in a nearly 4 year old murder. Kyllan Ellis of Lorette is charged with second degree murder in the killing of 23-year-old Simone Sanderson.
Sanderson’s body was found in an empty lot near Burrows Ave. and Main St. on September 2, 2012. She’d been missing for nearly a week at the time. Police had believed Sanderson got involved in the sex trade just months before her death, but had little information to help with the case.
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Then nearly three and a half years after Sanderson’s body was discovered, officers said new information had taken them a step closer to finding a suspect.
On Monday police arrested Ellis. Officers said he was known to sexually exploit women in the sex trade. Police believe Ellis encountered Sanderson on the street where they got into a confrontation.
Deputy Chief Danny Smyth said Sanderson sustained blunt force trauma at the hands of Ellis, which killed her.
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