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 Halifax District RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Hwy. 7 in East Preston on August 30th at approximately 6:45pm.

Police arrived to find the body of 47-year-old Barry Angus Studley of Middle Sackville in the vehicle. The RCMP is investigating the death as a homicide. The cause of death has not been released at this time.

Investigators believe the incident was targeted in nature and there is no risk to the public.

Update: RCMP announced on October 9th, 2024 that investigators identified Patrick James Denny, 29, as the person responsible for Studley’s death. Denny and Studley were known to one another.

Denny, who’s currently serving an in-custody sentence in relation to an unrelated incident, has been charged with Second Degree Murder and Indignity to Human Remains. 

*This is the 8th Halifax homicide of the year