39-year-old man faces second-degree murder charge: RCMP
On Sept. 29, Wood Buffalo RCMP arrested and charged a man with second degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Norm Lineham.
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A local man has been charged in connection to a death in Fort McMurray in late September.
In a release, Wood Buffalo RCMP said on Sept. 21, at 7:45 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the neighbourhood of Timberlea on reports of a suspicious death.
It was there a man was found in his basement apartment with suspicious injuries.
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The RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit was called and took over the investigation.
On Sept. 25, an autopsy determined the death of 43-year-old Norm Lineham to be a homicide.
Wood Buffalo RCMP arrested 39-year-old Matthew Thomas Cooper of Fort McMurray on Sept. 29, and charged with second-degree murder.