Guelph police said they received information Monday that a homicide had taken place inside a downtown apartment the previous day.
Police spokesman Scott Tracey said the investigation led police to search a number of locations in the city center and along the Speed River by boat.
Officers eventually located a man’s body behind a business near the intersection of Wellington Street East and Wyndham Street South on Wednesday afternoon.
Guelph Police vehicles, including a forensics van, are seen in Downtown Guelph outside apartment buildings on Carden Street on July 14, 2022. (Dave Pettitt/CTV Kitchener)
Police identified a suspect and arrested him late Wednesday morning.
A 43-year-old Guelph man is now charged with second-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in Guelph bail court Thursday.
Tracy described the victim as a man in his 50s of no fixed address.
“The two parties were known to each other,” Tracy said. “This was not a random situation.”
On Thursday, several police vehicles, including a forensics van, were seen in Downtown Guelph outside apartments on Carden Street.
The victim’s cause of death has not been released at this time.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Guelph Police vehicles are seen outside apartment buildings on Carden Street in Downtown Guelph on July 14, 2022. (Dave Pettitt/CTV Kitchener)
POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES/DASH CAMERA VIDEO#
Guelph police are appealing for witnesses or drivers with dash cam footage as the investigation continues.
Specifically, officers want to speak to anyone who may have been in the area of Carden Street, Macdonell Street, Gordon Street, Wellington Street East or Wyndham Street South between 5am. and 6:30 a.m. of Monday July 11.
Police want to speak to witnesses who were in the area between 5am. and 6:30 a.m. of Monday July 11. (Submitted/Guelph Police Service)
