A man who was already facing charges of interfering with a dead body has now been charged with manslaughter.
Richard Dufresne, 60, was first arrested in October and charged with interfering with a body following the discovery of a body in a vacant lot.
A pedestrian spotted a body under a tarp on Beaudry St. near Sherbrooke St. on Oct. 23 and called police.
They determined that the body was that of a 37-year-old woman, but at the time could not say how long the body had been lying there.
At the time police did not consider the death a homicide but that changed this week.
Police now accuse Dufresne of killing the woman and then moving her body.
He appeared in court Friday to face new charges of manslaughter.
