The 2025 Nova Scotia Homicide Victim List is available here

The RCMP’s Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit (NEN MCU) is investigating a suspicious death in New Campbellton, Nova Scotia. On August 30, 2025, around 1:20 p.m., Victoria County RCMP responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle believed to be connected to a missing person from the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Inside the car, located on New Campbellton Road, officers discovered the body of a 43-year-old man. No one else was found in the vehicle, and the circumstances surrounding the death are considered suspicious.

The investigation is being led by the NEN MCU, with support from the Victoria County RCMP, RCMP Forensic Identification Services, and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.

On October 20th 2026: Working with the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service, police identified the victim as 43-year-old Emerson Elliot Dixon of Whitney Pier and confirmed that his death was a homicide.

Investigators have released Dixon’s identity and details about a vehicle connected to the investigation: a blue 2011 Chevrolet Malibu owned by someone known to Dixon.

Police are urging anyone with information to come forward to help with the investigation.Anyone who has information about Dixon’s whereabouts or activities between August 23 and 27, or who may have information related to the case, is asked to contact the NEN MCU at 902-896-5060 and quote file number 2025-1279678.