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2 teens charged with murder of man reported missing in Calgary

Police were on scene in south Calgary Sunday night. Global News

The death of a man who’d gone missing for two weeks is now being treated as a homicide, and two youths have been charged, police said Wednesday.

Police found the body of a 48-year-old man in the 21,000 block of Sheriff King Street S.W. on Sunday, Aug. 26.

Calgary police said the two teenagers were arrested in Halifax.

The man, who police previously said had mobility issues and often used a cane or walker to get around, had last been seen on Saturday, Aug. 11 in the city’s southeast.

Police said Wednesday two youths have been charged with first-degree murder.

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Investigators would not speak to the connection between the teens and the man who was murdered.

The names of the teens are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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