After a man’s body was discovered near Tower Road last year, police have charged a second person with murder.
Around 2:30p.m. on April 25, Wood Buffalo RCMP were told a witness had stumbled across the body of a man who Mounties discovered was Kurtis Atkinson of Fort McMurray.
40 year old Penny Laine Scott, was arrested earlier this month and has been charged with second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body. She appeared in the Fort McMurray Court of Justice and her next appearance is scheduled for September 8.
A second person, 34 year old Travis Austin Timmons, of Fort McMurray has also been arrested. Timmons is also charged with second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body. He is scheduled to go back to court September 27.
The pair remain in custody.
Anyone with information about any missing people or criminal activity in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo region is asked to contact Wood Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4040 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
