UPDATE: On May 31, 2019, the RCMP said an additional suspect had been arrested in connection with Dumont’s death. Mark Moran, 33, was arrested on May 30 and charged with first-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court in Lloydminster on June 4, 2019.
A 28-year-old Edmonton man has been charged in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man whose body was found in Lloydminster late last month.
On April 27, police were called to a residential neighbourhood in the area of 56 Avenue and 31 Street, where a man was found dead inside a vehicle.
On Tuesday, police identified the victim as Raymond Dumont. The cause of his death was not released by the RCMP.
Police said Tuesday that 28-year-old Christopher Andrew Hermkens was arrested in Calgary on April 27. He has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said.
Hermkens remains in custody and was scheduled to appear in court in Lloydminster on Tuesday.
Lloydminster is located about 250 kilometres east of Edmonton.
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