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Third man arrested in 2019 Williams Lake murder

Apr 20, 2020 | 11:22 AM

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A third man has been arrested and charged in an August, 2019 Williams Lake murder.

According to an RCMP news release, Merritt frontline members and the Kamloops-based canine service helped North District Major Crime and Williams Lake RCMP members arrest Jordell Sellars on Thursday (Apr. 16).

Sellars, 30, is charged with one count of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of kidnapping in the death of Branton Regner.

Branton Regner (Photo Courtesy, RCMP)

Regner went missing on August 9, 2019 after an incident on the Rudy Johnson Bridge in Williams Lake. He was found dead in the Fraser River more than two weeks later.

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Already in custody and charged in the murder are 26-year-old Jayson Gilbert and 23-year-old Michael Drynock.

In the news release, Insp. Jeff Pelley of Williams Lake RCMP says, “It’s horrific a community and local family member was lost but those responsible will be held fully accountable through our judicial system.”

by James Peters, CFJC Today

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