Man Charged With Murder After Woman Found Dead in Gardiner Mines Home

by Bobby NockApril 19, 2017April 19, 2017

Regional Police have charged the man they arrested yesterday after a woman was found dead in a Gardiner Mines home.

40-year-old Richard Wayne MacNeil faces a count of first degree murder in the death of 33 year-old Sara Beth Ann Forbes.

Police say Forbes’ body was found inside a house at 87 O’Brien Street after they got a 911 call from the home at around noon, yesterday.

They add MacNeil was arrested at the scene.

Police say Forbes and MacNeil knew each other and neighbours say a couple lived in the home.

Grief counsellors are at Tompkins Memorial Elementary in Reserve Mines today where Forbes’ son goes to school.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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