Bracebridge OPP has charged a Beaver Creek Institution inmate with First Degree Murder in relation to a death investigation at the Gravenhurst correctional facility.
On December 18th at 9:50 p.m., officers responded to a report that an inmate suffered significant injuries. Leslie MA, 31 years old of Alberta, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
As a result of the investigation, Devon Saunders, 54, has been charged with First Degree Murder. He was scheduled to appear in Bracebridge court today.
The Muskoka Crime Unit is continuing the investigation under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, with the assistance of the OPP Forensic Identification Services and in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.