Charge upgraded to first degree murder in Lake St. homicide

NEWS RELEASE

CITY POLICE

Upon arrival officers located the body of 42-year-old Corellie Bonhomme.

On the 10th of August officers from Investigation Services arrested and charged 18-year-old Johnathon Townsend of 379 Lake Street Apartment G-9 with one count of Second Degree Murder.

The accused remains in custody.

The investigation has been ongoing since the arrest.

As a result of information received two Investigators from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service attended in Kokomo, Indiana on September 16 and met with Investigators from the Kokomo Police Department.

The ongoing investigation has resulted in the Kokomo Police Department charging a 12-year-old female with aiding, inducing or causing murder in relation to the homicide in Sault Ste. Marie.

No further details in relation to this aspect of the investigation are being released at this time.

Based on the new information gathered in the ongoing investigation officers from Investigation Services attended at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre on the 25th of September 2013 and charged the accused with one count of First Degree Murder. 

The accused will appear in bail court on the 26th of September 2013 in answer to the new charge.

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