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Man charged with 1st-degree murder of Fredericton teen Corey Sisson

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WATCH: A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 19-year-old Corey Sisson of Fredericton. Megan Yamoah reports – Aug 16, 2019

A 32-year-old man from the Kingsclear First Nation has been charged with murder in connection with the homicide of a 19-year-old Fredericton man who was reported missing on July 30.

The man charged is Robby Mitchell Polchies, of Fredericton, who was arrested Monday on an outstanding warrant stemming from an unrelated matter.

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Police said he was also a suspect in the RCMP’s investigation into the death of Corey Daniel Sisson, whose body was discovered on Aug. 10.

Sisson’s body was found in a wooded area of Noonan, N.B.

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Robby Mitchell Polchies appeared in Fredericton provincial court on Friday and was charged with first-degree murder.

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He also faces eight other charges in connection to an assault he committed against a man in Fredericton in early August.

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Polchies has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to return to court in Burton on Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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