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Second-degree murder charge laid after body of a 35 year old woman found

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RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid after the body of a woman was found last week in Kootenay National Park in southeastern BC.(Photo - BC RCMP/Twitter)

RCMP say a second-degree murder charge has been laid after the body of a woman was found last week in Kootenay National Park in southeastern BC.

Days after the body of Brenda Ware was found, police issued a notice they were looking for 41 year old Philip Toner as a person of interest.

Toner was found by Lake Country RCMP yesterday and has now been charged with the Alberta woman's death.

Mounties say BC's Prosecution Service and the Alberta Crown worked together to lay the charge in the Alberta courts, where police allege the murder was carried out.

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