Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit investigating suspicious deaths

November 3, 2024
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

News release

The Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit is investigating two suspicious deaths that occurred in Yarmouth.

On November 1, at approximately 2:40 p.m., Yarmouth Town RCMP responded to the sudden deaths of two adults who were known to each other. Responding officers found the remains of a 58-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman inside a home on Placid Crt.

The deaths are being treated as suspicious.

The ongoing investigation into the deaths is being led by the Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit with assistance from Yarmouth Town RCMP, the Yarmouth Town RCMP General Investigation Section, Yarmouth Rural RCMP, the Shelburne Street Crime Enforcement Unit, Forensic Identification Services, Digital Forensics Services, Southwest Nova Traffic Services, and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service.

The investigation is in its early stages; no further details will be released at this time.

Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased.

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Contact information

Allison Gerrard
Strategic Communications Unit
Nova Scotia RCMP
rcmpns-grcne@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

File number: 2024-1614045

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