Police have arrested the Fenelon Township man wanted for the murder of a 79-year-old woman found dead in Fenelon Falls last week.
At around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday (October 11), officers with the Kawartha Lakes Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located and arrested 48-year-old Stephen Whiteway outside a residence in Lindsay. He has been charged with second degree murder.
On October 2, officers were called to a residence on Kanata Trail near Cameron Lake just north of Fenelon Falls after the body of the 79-year-old woman had been found. At the time, the death was considered suspicious and a post-mortem was conducted to determine the woman’s cause of death.
Police, who had issued a warrant for Whiteway’s arrest on Tuesday after deeming the woman’s death a homicide, have identified the victim as Marilyn Whiteway. They have not confirmed whether the accused man is the victim’s son.
The Kawartha Lakes OPP Crime Unit is continuing its investigation under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, with assistance from members of the OPP Central Region Crime Unit, Kawartha Lakes OPP Community Street Crime Unit, OPP Forensic Identification Services, and OPP Regional Support Team,, and in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Anyone with information that might assist the investigation is asked to call Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip online at www.khcrimestoppers.com. You may be eligible for a reward from Crime Stoppers of up to $2,000.
