POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 23 PANS in the community Charlottetown Police Servicecontinued TERRENCE MCEACHERN - THE GUARDIAN- Jan 27 terrence.mceachern @theguardian.pe.ca @PEIGuardian Cold-case breakthrough Charlottetown police charge Souris man with Byron Carr’s murder Thirty-five years after being found strangled and stabbed to death in the bedroom of his Charlottetown home, police have charged a Souris man in connection with the murder of Byron Carr. The announcement was made at a news conference on Jan. 26 by Charlottetown police Chief Brad MacConnell at the Charlottetown Police Services station. MacConnell, who has long been part of the investigation, said police arrested 56-yearold Todd Joseph Gallant. Gallant, who MacConnell said also goes by the name Todd Joseph Irving, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of interfering with human remains. According to police, Gallant was believed to have been living in Charlottetown in 1988. Gallant was 21 years old at the time of Carr's murder. After Carr's murder, Gallant relocated to the U.S. and returned to P.E.I. in 2022. "The investigation continues. We know he travelled abroad to the states of Texas and Arkansas. And, we've been working with law enforcement in those areas to piece a timeline together over the past 35 years." Gallant was arrested at 11:55 a.m. on Jan. 25 and is currently being held in custody. MacConnell said a second person was also arrested Jan. 25 and released. The investigation continues into what connection that person has to Carr’s death, MacConnell said. “The scope of this investigation has been extensive.” Carr was a 36-year-old schoolteacher at the time of his death. Charlottetown police have previously said that Carr was murdered on Nov. 11, 1988, by a younger man after the two had consensual sex at Carr’s home at 24 Lapthorne Ave. in Charlottetown. Chief Brad MacConnell of Charlottetown Police Services speaks to the media on Jan 26. At the press conference, MacConnell announced that Todd Joseph Gallant, 56, Souris, has been charged with first-degree murder and interfering with humans remains in the 1988 murder of Byron Carr. continued
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