Murder charge laid in Webbwood fire

Espanola OPP and the Sables-Spanish Rivers Fire Department responded to report of a house fire on April 3rd at around 8pm.

Once the fire department extinguished the fire they found a body in the home. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrested a 30 year old man in relation to the death and the fire. The accused whose name will not be released due to a publication ban is facing charges of murder, indignity to a dead body and arson/damage to a property.