Two people have been charged in connection with the homicide of a Portage la Prairie taxi driver in 2019.
Jeff Peters, 51, was found dead outside of MacGregor — roughly 35 kilometres west of Portage — the night of May 20, 2019.
Police later said they found Peters’ taxi at the Sportsplex in Brandon three days later.
At the time, his daughter said Peters had been working the night he was killed, and that he had been left for dead “on a dirt road.”
In early October of this year, RCMP said investigators had started new searches connected with the case after new evidence had been found in a ditch near where Peters’ body was first found.
At the time they said officers were searching on Road 55 West, near MacGregor, where Peters was found, as well as on Highway 1, west of nearby Austin, Man.
Police haven’t said what new evidence was found. They also haven’t said exactly how Peters was killed.
A few days after announcing the searches, police released photos of two suspects — one of them male and one female — they said were captured on surveillance cameras on the day Peters was killed.
They said further video footage showed the suspects walking past Kirkcaldy Heights School in Brandon.
On Wednesday RCMP announced the arrests of Trevor Donavan Roulette, 20, and a 16-year-old girl. Both accused were arrested in Portage la Praire, police say.
Roulette and the teen have each been charged with second-degree murder.
Police say they aren’t looking for any further suspects.