A 57-year-old Sudbury man faces a number of charges for allegedly stealing the personal belongings of Jack Patrick, 63, of Aurora, who police identified as the person found dead near a truck along the Killarney highway on June 15, said the Ontario Provincial Police.
Patrick, who had been known to camp in Northern Ontario, had been reported missing from York Region in January.
Officers investigated the theft of some of Patrick's belongings taken from his truck. That investigation led to the arrest of Perry Venedam, 57, of Sudbury, on July 1.
Venedam is charged with attempting to obstruct justice, obstructing a police officer, theft, trafficking of stolen goods under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
Venedam was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on July 18.
The OPP said they would like to thank the public for their assistance with this investigation.
The Sudbury Detachment Crime Unit continues to work on this investigation under the direction of the Office of the Chief Coroner and Forensic Pathology Service (OCC-FPS).
