Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed they’re investigating a murder at a campground in Perth, Ont., southwest of Ottawa.
Officers had been known as to the Final Duel Campground on Craig Avenue simply after 4 a.m. on Sunday, mentioned OPP Const. Dave Fowl.
Investigators initially deemed the loss of life of a 45-year-old man suspicious however later confirmed it was a murder.
The sufferer has been recognized as James Laverdure of Lanark County, Ont.
An post-mortem was carried out Monday.
‘I heard voices, shouting’
Luc Beaudry was asleep on the campground when he was awoken by shouts and commotion.
“I heard voices, shouting, and finally wakened and realized it wasn’t a dream. And as I did, it sounded [like] there was some urgency, some kerfuffle occurring,” Beaudry instructed Ontario Chronicle.
Beaudry mentioned he heard a woman screaming and pleading for assist. A couple of minutes later he noticed three OPP automobiles arrive on the campground, adopted shortly afterwards by an ambulance.
“At that time, I nonetheless had no clue what was occurring, whether or not any violence had occurred. It was solely the subsequent morning that I spotted that, yeah, there was a loss of life,” Beaudry mentioned.
A number of camp websites on the Final Duel Campground have been closed off as OPP examine a murder. (Matthew Kupfer/CBC)
No danger to public, says mayor
Perth Mayor John Fenik wrote in an emailed assertion that the general public does not want to fret.
“The OPP have the required sources on website and I need to reassure the residents of Perth there isn’t any public security danger in relation to this investigation,” Fenik wrote.
Perth is 85 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, and the Final Duel Campground is owned and operated by the city.
This weekend’s murder is the primary in additional than a decade within the city of about 6,000, mentioned Fowl, who served on Perth’s police pressure earlier than it disbanded in 2013.
Anybody with info is requested to name Det.-Const. Tom Kohls on the Lanark County OPP detachment utilizing the OPP toll-free quantity: 1-888-310-1122.
