A 45-year-old Fenelon Falls man has been charged with arson and murder in the death of a 75-year-old man.
At around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday (December 9), officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, the City of Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Service, and the City of Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Service responded to a report of a fully engulfed residential structure fire at a home located on Oak Street in the village of Fenelon Falls.
After extinguishing the fire, the lifeless body of an elderly male was located in the home. He was subsequently identified as 75-year-old John Livingstone.
Later that evening, police took 45-year-old Gregory Livingstone of Fenelon Falls into custody. Police have now formally charged him with arson and first-degree murder.
The accused has been remanded into custody and will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay on December 14, 2017.
