Charges laid in Chipman double homicide

by | Jan 20, 2025

43-year-old Chipman man arrested by RCMP Jan. 19

Charges have been laid against a 42-year-old man from Chipman following a double homicide investigation in the same community.

On Nov. 25, 2024, at approximately 8 a.m., members of the Chipman RCMP detachment responded to a report of a vehicle on fire off the Midland Road in Chipman. There were two people inside.

When police arrived at the scene, they located the bodies of two individuals inside a vehicle that had been consumed by fire. Early in the investigation, it was determined that their deaths were the result of a double homicide.

On Jan. 6, 2025, the New Brunswick RCMP’s Major Crime Unit (MCU) released the names of the victims in connection with the double homicide. The victims were identified as 47-year-old Robert Waugh, originally from the Nackawic-Millville area, and 23-year-old Victoria King, originally from Sheffield.

On Jan. 19, 2025, members of the MCU, West District RCMP and the Emergency Response Team arrested a 42-year-old man without incident at a residence on Route 123 in Chipman in connection with the homicides.

On Jan. 20, 2025, 42-year-old Mark Elley appeared in Fredericton Provincial Court and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Robert Waugh and Victoria King. He was remanded into custody and will reappear in Fredericton Provincial Court on February 10, 2025.

The investigation is ongoing.

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