Police have charged a man with second-degree murder after human remains were found behind a Guelph business Wednesday afternoon.
Guelph police said they received information Monday that a homicide had occurred at a downtown apartment the previous day.
Police spokesman Scott Tracy said the investigation led police to search several locations downtown and along the Speed River by boat.
Officers eventually found the body of a man behind a business near the intersection of Wellington Street East and Wyndham Street South on Wednesday afternoon.
Guelph police cars, including a forensics van, are seen in downtown Guelph outside the Carden Street apartment buildings on July 14, 2022. (Dave Pettitt/CTV Kitchener)
Police identified a suspect and arrested him late Wednesday morning.
A 43-year-old Guelph man has now been charged with second-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in bail court in Guelph on Thursday.
Tracy described the victim as a man in his 50s of no fixed address.
“Both sides knew each other,” Tracy said. “This was not a random situation.”
On Thursday, several police vehicles, including a forensics van, could be seen in downtown Guelph outside the Carden Street Apartments.
The victim’s cause of death has not been released at this time.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Guelph police cars are seen outside residential buildings on Carden Street in downtown Guelph on July 14, 2022. (Dave Pettitt/CTV Kitchener)
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