A common-law couple has been arrested in Nova Scotia and charged in the deaths of a mother and son from Mississauga, Ont., who police say were killed three years apart.
Earlier today, Peel Regional Police said they had made arrests in the death of Caleb Harrison, 41, who was found dead in his Mississauga home on Pitch Pine Crescent last summer.
Harrison was discovered dead inside his home on Aug. 23, 2013. A co-worker found him there after he had failed to show up to work.
His mother, Bridget, had died in the same home in 2010, at the age of 63. An obituary that was published after her death said only that she had "passed suddenly."
Her death had been considered suspicious, but police had not initially deemed it a homicide. However, after Caleb Harrison was found dead, police say they undertook "new avenues of investigation" and determined that his mother had been killed as well.
At an afternoon press conference Tuesday, police said that both mother and son died of asphyxiation.
William Harrison, the wife of Bridget and father of Caleb, died in 2009 at the age of 65.
Police said they initially believed he had died of natural causes, though the cause is now considered unknown and is currently under investigation.
Melissa Merritt, 33, and her common-law husband, Christopher Fattore, 36, were arrested near Bridgewater, N.S., on Tuesday. They are jointly charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Police say Merritt is the ex-wife of Caleb Harrison.
Police believe that Merritt and Fattore had been living in Nova Scotia for about four months.
They will be transported back to Ontario and are due to appear in a Brampton court on Friday.
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