Provincial Police in Huron County say murder charges have been laid against an 18-year-old man in connection with the two bodies found near Brussels, Ont., last week.
According to police, on March 30, at around 4 p.m., emergency services were called to a home on Graham Road to do a wellness check.
After they arrived, they found a woman dead inside the home and the body of a man elsewhere on the property.
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On Friday, police announced that they had arrested a family member in connection with the case.
On Monday, police identified the victims as 69-year-old Beverly Stevenson and 65-year-old Darwin Ducharme, who both lived in Huron East.
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They also said that Jadin Ducharme, 18, of Morris-Turnbery is facing multiple charges including two counts of second-degree murder and property obtained by crime over $5,000.
A police spokesperson told Global News that Jadin Ducharme is the grandson of Darwin Ducharme.
Brussels, which is a hamlet in the Municipality of Huron East, is located about an hour’s drive northeast of Kitchener.
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