Police have charged a person from Shelburne, Ont., with murder after a dead body was found in a wooded area in Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ont., on Sunday.
At about 3 p.m., officers were called to Scugog Lane, where they found a woman deceased.
On Monday, officers arrested and charged Wazhir Gafoor, 32, from Shelburne, with first-degree murder.
Get daily National news
Gafoor was remanded in custody with an appearance scheduled before Owen Sound court on Oct. 22.
The identity of the deceased is still under investigation.
The Grey Bruce OPP crime unit began the investigation with the help of the OPP’s forensic identification services, the west region emergency response team, the OPP Dufferin detachment and under the direction of the criminal investigation branch.
- Alberta man charged with murder after two bodies found in home in Langley, B.C.
- Lethbridge child sex offender charged again within hours of his release
- Man accused of killing a kitten, throwing a knife inside Winnipeg apartment building
- Ontario, Quebec residents charged after RCMP seize $4.4M in drugs
Investigators believe the incident is isolated and that there’s no threat to public safety.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.