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CP NewsAlert: Police announce arrest in 1988 murder of Charlottetown teacher

Jan 26, 2024 | 10:12 AM

CHARLOTTETOWN — Police in Prince Edward Island say they have solved a 35-year-old homicide case involving a man who was strangled and stabbed in his home by someone who left a message saying, “I will kill again.”

Chief Brad MacConnell of the Charlottetown Police Services told a news conference today that a 56-year-old P.E.I. man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the 1988 death of Byron Carr.

More coming.

The Canadian Press