TORONTO — Police have charged a 38-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of a woman whose remains were found in a garbage bag behind a butcher’s shop in Toronto.
An employee found a torso when taking out the trash from Charlie’s Meat and Seafood in downtown Toronto in mid-April.
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The woman has been identified as 30-year-old Melissa Cooper, of Toronto.
Albert Ian Ohab, of Toronto, had been previously charged with indignity to a body and is now charged with second-degree murder.
Ohab was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
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