Man charged with second-degree murder for 2022 East Preston homicide
Posted Oct 9, 2024 12:38:16 PM.
Last Updated Oct 9, 2024 01:28:21 PM.
A man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to a homicide that happened in East Preston two years ago.
The RCMP said in 2022, the body of 47-year-old Barry Angus Studley was found in a parked van in East Preston. At the time the case was ruled a homicide.
Through an investigation with tips from the public and forensic services, police have charged Patrick James Denny, 29, with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains.
The two were known to each other, police noted.
Studley’s remains were found after officials were called to investigate a suspicious van that had been parked behind a strip mall.
Responding officers discovered the body inside.
The accused is currently in custody serving a sentence on an unrelated incident.
He’s expected to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court to face the new charges Oct. 21.
