Emergency crews were called to a garage fire in South Rawdon Nova Scotia on April 3rd at around 9:15 am. on arrival the detached garage was fully engulfed, and two children were rescued from the adjacent home unharmed.

27 year old Laura Ross was found dead in the garage after the fire was extinguished. Police have not revealed the cause of death at this time.

RCMP announced on June 2nd that the death of Laura Ross was a homicide.

In July 2017, the NEN MCU charged Joshua Eric Crowell, then 27, of Upper Sackville, with second-degree murder. The charge was later withdrawn by the Crown in 2019.

On October 2, 2025, investigators re-charged Crowell, now 35, with second-degree murder in Ross’s death. He was safely arrested on October 1 in Halifax.

The April 2017 Homicide Victims List and Links are available here.