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New Details Revealed in Barrie Encampment Homicide Investigation
A 52-year-old man faces 33 charges including two murders linked to a homeless encampment; police say the killings were targeted and the investigation is among the largest in Barrie history.
- Barrie Police said Tuesday that investigators arrested Robert Ladouceur, 52, on Aug. 2; he faces 33 charges including first- and second-degree murder of William 'Blake' Robinson, 45, and David Cheesequay, 41.
- The investigation began in January as a missing-person inquiry that expanded into one of Barrie Police's largest probes, said Sgt. Brett Carlton.
- During executed search warrants, investigators found suspected human remains at the Victoria Street encampment and a Huntsville property, police say two men were murdered and dismembered in targeted killings.
- He was denied bail at a hearing on Aug. 15, and the City of Barrie reclaimed and fenced the encampment on Aug. 8, hiring a contractor for a multimillion-dollar cleanup while County of Simcoe aided displaced people.
- Police say parts of the investigation have concluded, there are no further suspects or victims, and the accused was already known to Barrie Police with a violent past.
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flamboroughtoday.com
Accused killer lived in Barrie, Ont., encampment with two victims: police
BARRIE — Two men who were murdered and dismembered and their alleged killer once all lived at the same homeless encampment, police in Barrie, Ont., said Tuesday in an update on what has been described as one of the force's largest investigations.
New details revealed in Barrie encampment homicide investigation
At a news conference held at Barrie Police Headquarters on Tuesday morning, officials revealed a suspect and two victims tied to a grisly homicide investigation all lived in a homeless encampment in central Barrie.
The Toronto Star
WellandTribune.caBarrie police say two men who were dismembered after ‘shocking’ killings knew suspect
"We are not looking for additional suspects or looking for additional victims, but (the investigation) does remain ongoing," the police chief said in an update Tuesday.
Accused, victims in killing, dismembering case lived together in Barrie encampment, police say
Robert Ladouceur, 52, now faces 33 charges, including first- and second-degree murder, as well as two counts of indignity to a dead body. Police say they believe the killings were targeted, isolated incidents, and they are not looking for additional suspects or victims.
'Not random murders': Barrie police say accused killer knew his 2 alleged victims, lived with them at homeless encampment
Two men were murdered and dismembered, allegedly by a man they both knew and lived with at times at the same Barrie homeless encampment, Barrie police revealed Tuesday during an update on the grisly killings of William ‘Blake’ Robinson and David Cheesequay. Robert Ladouceur, 52, faces a total of 33 charges in the case, including […]
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