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Elliot Lake man charged with first degree murder

East Algoma OPP have charged an Elliot Lake man with first degree murder in connection with a missing person case.

Twenty-three-year-old Brad Southwind was arrested and charged on Monday.

Back on February 14th, the human remains of 31-year-old Joseph Topping were found in a wooded area in Elliot Lake.

About a week later investigators called Topping’s death a homicide following the results of an autopsy.

 

Rocco Frangione
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.

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