Edmonton police said Wednesday that two more people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2020 death of Aaron Watt.
On Jan. 26, 2020, what started as reports of a fire in a back alley turned into a suspicious death investigation when Edmonton police were called by firefighters at around 10 p.m.
Homicide detectives found the body of a man in the driveway of a property that was slated for demolition. That man was later identified as 24-year-old Watt.
The manner of death was deemed to be a homicide.
The cause of death, which was previously withheld for investigative reasons, was a gunshot wound.
Colin James Lepretre, 29, who was arrested on Dec. 14, 2021, was charged with second-degree murder. That has since been changed to first-degree murder.
Police said Wednesday that Faron Paul Howse, 37, was arrested April 14, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder, accessory after the fact to murder, and indignity to a dead body.
EPS also said that Brandon Jordan Dumais, 29, was arrested Sept. 15, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder, accessory after the fact to murder, and indignity to a dead body.