Kawartha Lakes police have charged two inmates at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay with first-degree murder after another inmate was attacked and later died from his injuries.
Last Wednesday (July 17), an inmate at Central East Correctional Centre who police have identified as Andre Taillefer was found inside his cell with serious injuries.
He was transported to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay by emergency medical services and then later airlifted to Kingston General Hospital.
Kawartha Lakes police began an investigation into the incident and, on Monday (July 22), learned that Taillefer had succumbed to his injuries at Kingston General Hospital.
As a result of their investigation, Kawartha Lakes police have charged two fellow inmates — 34-year-old Jason Larocque of Oshawa and 28-year-old Hunter Owen of Newmarket — with first-degree murder. The accused men will both appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay today (Wednesday, July 24).
All inmate deaths in the province are also investigated by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario.
