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Charges laid in August Calgary homicide

The Calgary police homicide unit is investigating the death of 42-year-old Michael Donald Lloyd. Facebook

A man wanted in connection with an early August murder in Calgary is in police custody.

Investigators had asked for the public’s help to locate 27-year-old Steven Reader after he was identified as a suspect in the death of 42-year-old Michael Lloyd.

Police were called to an apartment in the 200 block of 6 Avenue S.E. on Aug. 9 to check on the welfare of the occupant.

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That’s when Lloyd’s body was discovered. Investigators said he had died several days before.

Reader was arrested earlier this week and has now been charged with second-degree murder.

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