Charges have now been laid in connection with the death of a Nanaimo, BC woman last fall.
Sherry Shelley, 64, was reported missing to Nanaimo RCMP on November 14.
In the early hours of November 14, Nanaimo RCMP officers responded to a report of a vehicle fire in a wooded area on College Drive, near the Highway 19 intersection, and found Shelley dead.
On Tuesday, Nanaimo RCMP announced that Cameron Compton has been charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains.
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Compton has a long criminal history dating back to 2014.
The circumstances leading to Shelley’s death have not been released.
The Nanaimo Serious Crimes Unit confirmed in December that they were investigating Shelley’s death as a foreign murder.
Police said Compton remains in custody.
