A second person has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a double homicide in Chipman.
Police received a report of a vehicle on fire with two people inside off Midland Road around 8 a.m. on Nov. 25.
Officers located two bodies inside the burned-out white Chevrolet Equinox SUV once the fire had been extinguished.
They were identified as 47-year-old Robert Waugh and 23-year-old Victoria King, both from the Fredericton area.
Police said investigators determined they had been victims of a homicide.
A 34-year-old man from Minto was arrested at a home on Route 123 in Chipman on Tuesday morning.
He appeared in court on Wednesday and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
The accused was remanded into custody until his next court appearance scheduled for Feb. 20.
A 42-year-old man from Chipman, who was arrested over the weekend, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder on Monday.
He also remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 10.
