Quinte West OPP Investigating Homicide

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(QUINTE WEST, ON) -On March 30, 2020 officers with the Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) commenced an investigation into allegations involving a death.

Investigators have secured a residence on the Loyalist Parkway, in the City of Quinte West. The investigation is in its early stages, involving members of the Quinte West OPP Crime Unit and East Region Forensic Identification Services (FIS) Unit under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB).

Bryan David CALLIGHAN, age 60 of Quinte West has been arrested and charged under the Criminal Code of Canada with:

  • Second Degree Murder – sec. 235(1)
  • Indignity to a Dead Body – sec. 182(b)

The accused has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear by video before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on April 6, 2020. No further information will be released as a publication ban has been imposed.

Any person with information regarding this incident should immediately contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

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