Truro police investigate the homicide of Prabhjot Singh Katri

The 2021 Nova Scotia Homicide Victim List is available here.

Truro Police Service said they were called to an apartment building on Robie Street at around 2am on September 5th on the report of a suspicious death.

On arrival police located a deceased 23-year-old man. Police did not reveal his identity, however, friends and family identified him as Prabhjot Singh Katri. He had been returning from his job as a taxi driver to the apartment that he shared with his sister and her husband. According to reports Katri was stabbed in the neck.

Police are investigating the death as a homicide and say there is no risk to the public.

Cameron James Prosper was arrested charged with second-degree murder, however, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Truro Supreme Court on Dec. 19.

GoFundMe set up to send his body home to India.