HALIFAX — The RCMP charged a 30-year-old man with second-degree murder today in connection with the deaths of two people found in a house fire in Halifax.
Codey Reginald Hennigar from Wyses Corner, N.S., is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 81-year-old Clifford William Ward and 54-year-old Mildred Ann Ward, both from Wyses Corner.
The cause of death of another person discovered later inside the home Old Guysborough Road remains under investigation.
Hennigar appeared in Dartmouth provincial court wearing a red fleece jacket, looking down at his clasped hands as he sat on the prisoner's bench.
His case was adjourned to Jan. 30.
The fire at the home erupted Wednesday at around 4:30 p.m.
The home is in a rural, wooded area about 25 kilometres northeast of Halifax's airport.
Cpl. Greg Church said Hennigar was taken into custody at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday after someone rammed two police vehicles with a car in the Milford area, about a half-hour drive from the scene of the blaze.
Autopsies have been completed on the bodies of Clifford and Mildred Ward, but Church would not release their causes of death.
He also wouldn't discuss relationships between the deceased and the accused, citing the federal Privacy Act.
