Police identify remains of second victim in Simcoe homicide investigation

Provincial police have identified the remains of a second victim in a Simcoe, Ont., homicide.

Officers say the remains were found on Oct. 16 in a wooded area off Highway 6, west of Caledonia in Haldimand County.

The following day, a postmortem exam at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service confirmed the deceased as 49-year-old Robert Sykes of Simcoe and determined his cause of death to be homicide.

OPP had previously said that Sykes was missing and believed to be another victim after the body of 71-year-old Barbara Morgan was found on Oct. 5 in her home on Head Street South in Simcoe.

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Five days later, police arrested Barbara’s 45-year-old son, Justin Morgan, and charged him with second-degree murder in her death.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with further information should contact the Norfolk County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or Ontario Crime Stoppers online.

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