Police said that a City of Oshawa employee driving on Stevenson Road North just south of Raglan Road West in north Oshawa noticed a body of a deceased male at the side of the road.

Police and paramedics arrived to find the body of Jason John Brown, 43, with obvious signs of trauma. Police are not releasing the cause of death at this time.

Update On November 8th, 2023, OPP with the assistance of the Edmonton Police Service, arrested 32-year-old Joshua Alexander Drumond on a Canada-wide warrant. Police also charged 33-year-old Steven Jon Walsom-Gerigs of Brantford with first degree murder and kidnapping.

Anyone with information of assistance to this investigation is asked to contact Det. Thorne of the DRPS Homicide Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5223.