A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2021 homicide of David Sheppard in Glace Bay, N.S.
In a release, the Cape Breton Regional Police said officers arrested 42-year-old Stephen Troy MacDonald of Glace Bay shortly before noon Monday.
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He is charged with second-degree murder and break and enter with intent.
Police had previously said that a suspect had entered Sheppard’s home on Brookland Street on Jan. 18, 2021, and assaulted him before fleeing the scene.
The 51-year-old was taken to Cape Breton Regional Hospital, and later transferred to Halifax for further treatment. He died nine days after the assault.
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