A Moncton man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Wayne Rattray from Tilley, N.B., who was reported missing in March.
Kurt Andrew Hudnut, 28, was charged Tuesday in Woodstock provincial court.
Rattray was last seen at his Walker Road home the morning of March 2. A short time later, police and fire crews responded to a fire at his home, but 59-year-old Rattray was nowhere to be found.
His home was destroyed in the fire, which was deemed suspicious.
Five days later, Rattray’s pickup truck was found engulfed in flames on a lane off Highway 109 in Three Brooks, N.B. That fire was also deemed suspicious.
Police searched the areas surrounding Rattray’s home and where his truck was found and an RCMP helicopter conducted aerial searches, but failed to locate him.
On May 21, Rattray’s remains were found on an island in the Renous River while they were canoeing.
The RCMP stopped a vehicle on Mountain Road around 8:30 p.m. Monday and arrested Hudnut in connection with Rattray’s death.
