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A Winnipeg man is facing charges following the death of a 29-year-old.
On the morning of October 12, a pedestrian walking their dog along the Red River reported to police what they thought was a dead body. When officers arrived in the area of Churchill Drive and Hay Street at 8 a.m., they confirmed it was a deceased man and emergency crews recovered his body. The victim was a 29-year-old named Mohamed Mohiadin Ahmed.
A 21-year-old Winnipeg man is being changed with Second-Degree Murder. He was arrested on Tuesday. Police found him in a William Whyte home. He also had three additional warrants at the time of the arrest.
Both men wanted in connection with the homicide of Mohamed Mohiadin Ahmed are now in police custody.
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Evan Daniel Bill Brightnose-Baker, left, and Jesse James Daher are both in police custody, charged with second-degree murder.(Submitted by Winnipeg Police Service)
Both men wanted in connection with the homicide of Mohamed Mohiadin Ahmed are now in police custody.
The 29-year-old Ahmed s body was found Oct. 12, 2020, near the river off Winnipeg s Churchill Drive, close to Hay Street, after a dog walker spotted it.
WINNIPEG Winnipeg police have arrested and charged a second person in connection with a homicide investigation after a body was found in the Red River in October 2020. Police said 21-year-old Evan Daniel Bill Brightnose-Baker was arrested on a warrant for second-degree murder, in addition to three additional warrants, at a home in the William Whyte neighbourhood. The charge has not been proven in court. The arrest comes more than six months after the body of 29-year-old Mohamed Mohiadin Ahmed was found in the Red River. Police said a person had been walking their dog near Churchill Drive and Hay Street, when they found the body on Oct. 12, 2020.
Brightnose-Baker was arrested at a residence in the William Whyte neighbhourhood.
Previously, police arrested and charged Jesse James Daher, 28, of Winnipeg. He is also in custody and facing a second-degree murder charge.
At shortly after 8 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2020, officers were called to the area of Churchill Drive near the Manitoba Canoe and Kayak Centre after a passerby called to report a body in the Red River.
The next day police identified the victim as Mohamed Mohiadin Ahmed. A Winnipeg Police Service officer collects a drone after it was deployed on Churchill Drive in Winnipeg after the discovery of a body in the Red River on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Photo by Kevin King /Winnipeg Sun