PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - Niagara police have identified the victim in a murder in Port Colborne, Ont.
The body of 31-year-old Courtney Tourand was found on Tuesday in an apartment (at 262 West Street) shortly after 3 a.m.
A homicide investigation began and the body of the victim was transported to a Hamilton hospital where an autopsy was conducted.
Police then arrested 44-year-old Harry Leavere and charged him with second-degree murder.
The accused is also facing a charge of committing an indignity to human remains.
Leavere will appear by video for a bail hearing in a St. Catharines court on Sept. 4.
