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Fredericton Police Reclassify Downtown Death as Homicide, Identify Victim

Police identify Sonia Vivian Timbre, describing the case as isolated with no arrests announced.

Overview

  • Fredericton Police named the victim as 42-year-old Sonia Vivian Timbre after a woman was found dead Sunday in a downtown home.
  • A man from the same residence was taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries, and investigators report no current risk to public safety.
  • Lennox and Addington County OPP charged two youths with arson, break and enter with intent, and mischief to property after the Sept. 8 Deseronto fire.
  • Fredericton firefighters say a drill-rigging explosion ignited a house under construction in Noonan on Thursday, with no injuries reported as the cause remains under investigation.
  • Moncton provincial court sentenced Jean Andre Noël to four years in prison for a June 22 knife-point Circle K robbery, imposing a lifetime weapons ban and forfeiture of the knife.