Cape Breton police charge 2nd person in case of missing man
Ryan Joseph Pike has been charged with second-degree murder of Justin MacDonald
A second man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 36-year-old Cape Breton man that police have called a homicide.
In a news release issued late Saturday, Cape Breton Regional Police said Ryan Joseph Pike has been charged with second-degree murder and robbery. He was arrested in Reserve Mines, N.S., on Friday.
Kenneth Justin MacDonald, who goes by Justin, went missing in July. Cape Breton Regional Police labelled the case a homicide last month.
Earlier this month, police arrested Mitchell George McPhee and charged him with manslaughter.
According to court documents, they also charged him with robbery and assault on a different man.
Disappearance
MacDonald was last seen at the Irving gas station in North Sydney, N.S., around 11 p.m. on July 7, where he appeared on the store's security camera.
Police later found his vehicle about 25 kilometres away in the Ormond Crescent area of Mira Road.
MacDonald's family and friends have continued to search for clues to his disappearance, but his body has not been found.
Police are asking anyone with information to call regional police at 902-563-5151.
