Cape Breton Regional Police responded to a 911 call to a home on O’Brien Street in Gardiner Mines on Tuesday April 18th at around noon.

Police arrived at the home to find  33 year old Sara Beth Ann Forbes dead. Police arrested Richard Wayne McNeil, 40, at the scene, the home he shared with Forbes and their young son according to  TheCape Breton Post.

MacNiel has been charged with first degree murder