An update on the first homicide in the Thunder Bay CMA which happened in Shuniah Municipality; or at least that's where the body was found. Shuniah is policed by the OPP.
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The second homicide in the CMA and first in the city proper was last month, I posted a page or two ago.
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The second homicide in Thunder Bay proper (3rd for the CMA) occurred on Tuesday morning in a wooded area alongside the highway, in an area where several homicides and "sudden deaths" have occurred over the past decade.
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https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-ne...uspect-1333087
Update: Police charge County Fair area murder suspect
THUNDER BAY – A 32-year-old Thunder Bay woman has been charged with murder in the death of a woman who was found unresponsive on a County Fair area bike path earlier this week.
Thunder Bay police arrested Ashley Mary Potson on Wednesday evening, less than 48 hours after the victim was located by a passerby near a north side Dawson Road hotel just after 1 a.m. on Tuesday.
The identity of the victim has yet to be publicly released by the police, as they await completion of the autopsy that was taking place in Toronto on Thursday. The victim's next of kin have been notified.
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Wednesday evening, a little less than 48 hours after the previous homicide, we had our third for the city proper (4th of the CMA)
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https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-ne...murder-1333443
THUNDER BAY – Police have identified the 22-year-old suspect in a late-night homicide on North Cumberland Street, the city's second murder in consecutive days.
Nathaniel Austin Wesley was arrested in conjunction with the incident, which left one man dead and another sent to hospital, who is currently in stable condition in the intensive care unit, with undisclosed injuries.
Wesley faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, breach of recognizance and breach of probation.
Det.-Sgt. Tracy Lewis could not confirm that a baseball bat was involved in the incident, despite an initial police media release that stated a man was on the ground after possibly being beaten with a bat.
Lewis said officers spent Thursday in the area collecting evidence.
"Part of the canvas process that's done each time involves the video collection. Officers are out doing that," Lewis said. "We always look for any kind of assistance from the public. If they have dash cam video, we're always looking for any type of business videos, if they have a camera on their residences, we're happy to take that video."
Lewis said Wesley was arrested in close proximity to the scene.
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On top of all of this, there have been 3 or 4 large drug busts in the city in the past two weeks. We're probably hovering around 30 drug busts and raids since last summer. About a third to half of those arrested during these raids are from the GTA and Ottawa.
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