Homicide investigators with the Ottawa police have laid second-degree murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of a 25-year-old man in Nepean last week.
Christopher Avery Houghton was killed in the early morning hours of July 22 at a residence on Sherry Lane, police said.
On Wednesday, police charged 20-year-old Nicolas Cox with second-degree murder.
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Police said he appeared in court Wednesday morning and was remanded in custody.
Houghton’s death marked Ottawa’s 11th homicide of the year. That figure has since risen to 12 following a stabbing death at Metcalfe and Albert streets in the downtown core on Monday night.
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