Updated: July 7, 4:50 p.m.
At approximately 12 p.m. on July 7 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an individual in relation to an ongoing homicide investigation. The individual was taken into custody without incident in the Town of Spanish and remains in custody awaiting a court appearance.
The victim, 68 year old George Chapman, was found unresponsive outside of a residence in the Town of Spanish shortly after noon on July 4, 2017. The investigation is continuing under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Detective Inspector Mark Zulinski.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit information online at www.saultcrimestoppers.com where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2000.
Original story:
The body of a man found outside a residence in Spanish on Tuesday has been identified and police are calling the incident a homicide.
OPP officers from the East Algoma detachment, as well as members of the Emergency Response Team and the East Algoma Crime Unit, as well as the Forensic Identification Service, were called to a home in Spanish at around noon on July 4, regarding a dead body.
On July 6, a post-mortem exam was conducted by the Office of the Chief Coroner for the northeast. The result of that exam is the incident is being investigated as a murder, police said.
The victim has been identified as George Chapman, 68, of Spanish.
The OPP East Algoma Crime Unit is continuing their investigation under the direction of OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) Detective Inspector Mark Zulinski.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.
You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit information online at SaultCrimeStoppers.com (www.saultcrimestoppers.com), and be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2000.
