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Man charged with 1st-degree murder in southeastern N.B.

A man has been charged with murder following a weekend death in a southeastern New Brunswick community.

RCMP said they received a report of a missing 67-year-old man in Beaubassin East on Saturday evening.

Officers located the man’s body in a wooded area near his property around 6 a.m. Sunday.

Investigators identified a person of interest and arrested a man about four hours later.

A 29-year-old from Beaubassin East was charged with first-degree murder on Monday, according to police.

He was remanded into custody and is due back in court at a later date.

More details can be found on the New Brunswick RCMP’s website.


  • Brad Perry is an award-winning news anchor and reporter and a 2013 graduate of the NBCC journalism program. Based in New Brunswick, he is also the assistant national news director for Acadia Broadcasting. Contact Brad at perry.brad@radioabl.ca.

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