Christopher Calvin Garnier charged with second-degree murder in Catherine Campbell case
Posted Sep 17, 2015 07:51:15 AM.
Last Updated Sep 17, 2015 10:22:36 AM.
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HALIFAX – Halifax Regional Police are looking to speak with anyone who may have seen a white man wearing shorts and a t-shirt walking down Agricola, North or Barrington streets with a green bin around 4:30 a.m. on Friday, September 11th as part of their investigation into the murder of Truro police officer.
Police say they believe Catherine Campbell was killed early that morning at a McCully Street address.
“We believe that the accused in this matter pushed or pulled a green bin from the McCully Street area down towards the area around Barrington Street,” said Superintendent Jim Perrin. “We’re asking the public if anyone saw a male pushing a green bin at that time to contact the police because we believe evidence was in the green bin.”
This morning, police charged 27-year-old Christopher Calvin Garnier with second-degree murder and indecently interfering with a dead human body.
“We’ve laid that charge because of the cavalier way Ms. Campbell’s body was disposed of,” he explained.
He said evidence leads police to believe Campbell and Garnier met at a downtown bar either late at night on September 10th or in the early morning hours of September 11th, but said investigators are still trying to determine if they knew each other before that.
Garnier was arrested at a traffic stop in Clayton Park at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, Perrin said prior to that, his record only included some traffic infractions.
Police said an autopsy on Wednesday confirmed human remains found just after midnight near a pathway running under the Macdonald Bridge on-ramp were that of 36-year-old Catherine Campbell, who was reported missing when she didn’t show up for work on Monday.
Initially, police believed Campbell was last seen at her Windmill Road address early on September 10th, however their investigation later found she was a bar in downtown Halifax in the early morning hours of September 11.
Garnier is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today.
Halifax Regional Police say their thoughts remain with Catherine’s family, friends and colleagues, and they hope the charges will provide some level of comfort during this extremely difficult time.
They say the investigation remains active and ask anyone with information to call 902-490-5016, or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.
