CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Police believe a small, single-edged knife with a three-inch blade was used in the alleged murder of a young man in Charlottetown Tuesday.
Charlottetown Deputy Police Chief Brad MacConnell said an autopsy was being performed Wednesday in Halifax on 24-year-old Cody Robert MacLean of Kingston, P.E.I., to determine how the man died following an early morning altercation. Police, he added, should have the results in about one week.
Police received a call at 1:13 a.m. Tuesday of a fight in progress on Spring Street near Churchill Avenue.
Police found MacLean suffering from serious injuries. The man was taken to hospital, where he later died.
Logan Raymond MacAusland has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death. He is also facing charges of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
MacConnell said a small knife believed to have been used in the alleged crime was turned over to police Tuesday morning.
He said police are working on a detailed victimology report, adding that to date they are not aware that MacLean had been employed or was pursuing education.
Officers have been in contact with MacLean’s family.
“Obviously, they are very distraught,’’ said MacConnell.
“We have put them in contact with Victim Services to cope with this ordeal and we will stay in contact with them.’’
He said police officers will provide the family with “as many answers as they can’’ as the investigation progresses.
MacConnell said police are still trying to determine what led to the violent encounter.
He noted both MacAusland and MacLean were known to police but he would not elaborate.
However, The Guardian reported on MacLean’s court case in 2013 where he was sentenced to three months in the provincial correctional centre for breaking into five cottages in the Hampton area.
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