'Still a murderer or an accomplice out there,' says man who found Marcel Reardon's body
Glenn Payette | CBC News | Posted: May 16, 2016 8:38 PM | Last Updated: May 16, 2016
Building superintendent also says Anne Norris could not have moved body alone
The woman charged with murdering Marcel Reardon had only days before moved into the St. John's building where his body was found under an outside stairway.
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Anne Norris, 28, had just been discharged from the Waterford Hospital when she moved into the Brazil Street building on May 6th, according to the superintendant there, Jack Huffman.
CBC has learned that Norris was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Reardon's body was discovered May 9 by another tenant.
Huffman told CBC that Reardon, 46, was about 200 pounds and he doubts the body could be moved by one person.
"He had a blow, and then ended up completely under the stairs face down, and really tight against the bottom rise. Unless it's adrenaline, I can't see a girl, herself, that size, could move that body."
Loud argument
Huffman also said that a tenant told him there had been a loud argument in Norris's apartment the night before Reardon was killed.
He said the tenant told him he heard a woman saying 'I don't love you anymore. I don't love you anymore.'
Norris was living in Room 307 at the time, which is above the crime scene. When the police began their investigation into Reardon's death, Huffman said she was moved to Room 302, and the original apartment was made off limits to all but police.
Huffman said that after Reardon's body was found, Norris didn't seem concerned.
'Absolutely shocked'
The tenant who found Reardon's body said he also spent quite a bit of time with Norris.
The man, who asked CBC not to use his name, said he met her on Thursday, May 12.
He said Norris had no belongings, so he gave her bedding, tissues and shampoo when she was moved to Apartment 302.
He described her as being a "waif of a girl, intelligent, vulnerable, and wise beyond her years."
He said that that Thursday night they watched a movie in his apartment, and the next day he gave her sweatpants, sneakers and a shirt.
Norris talked about getting an email money transfer from her parents, he said.
"She seemed calm."
As for his own reaction to the charges, "Absolutely shocked. Not for one second did I consider that she had been involved."
Others involved?
The man said Norris told him she had been questioned by the police, and thought the police believed she was holding something back.
He said he also believed that if she was involved, there had to be an accomplice.
"She doesn't weigh a hundred pounds soaking wet. He (Reardon) was a larger man."
The police have said there is no longer anything for the public to be concerned about when it comes to safety.
The tenant who found the body doesn't believe that.
"There's still a murderer or an accomplice out there," he said.