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UPDATE: RCMP announce arrest in 5-year-long murder investigation

Jul 19, 2016 | 12:50 PM

RCMP announced Tuesday that they have charged a 53-year-old man in connection to the 2011 death of Carol King.

Joseph David Caissie, King’s ex-boyfriend, was arrested Tuesday morning near the SaskTel Centre. He’s charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body.

At a press conference held at the RCMP building in Saskatoon, Staff Sgt. Murray Chamberlain read a short statement from King’s family:

“We are extremely sad, but extremely happy at the same time and have a sense of relief knowing that charges have been laid,” he read. 
 
King, 40, went missing near her farm in Herschel, Sask. — located around 36 km northeast of Rosetown in August 2011.

She was last seen on Aug. 6, 2011. Four days later, her car was found in a slough just east of her farm.

In the weeks that followed, dozens of volunteers searched the Herschel area looking for King; candlelight vigils were held in her honour.

In Newfoundland, King’s family mourned her death and offered a reward of $25,000 for information on her disappearance.

On Aug. 27, 2011, a man driving a quad discovered King’s body 10 km north of the small community.

Police said she was identified through her dental records.

In December 2011, a cryptic memorial for King was set up at an abandoned property near Hershel.

That same month, her former home in Hershel burned down; police determined the cause to be arson. At Tuesday’s press conference, Chamberlain said RCMP didn’t have any information on whether Caissie was connected to the blaze. 

Caissie is scheduled to appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Wednesday morning. 

 

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