A 55-year-old Little Ridge man will return to court this morning at 9:30 to answer to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a St. Stephen woman.
The Mounties were called to a Schoodic Street home around 11 AM on December 24th, at that time they found a deceased woman, later identified as 52-year-old Crystal Tracey.
A man was taken to hospital suffering non-life threatening injuries.
Irving Hastey was charged with second-degree murder on December 27th and this will be his first court appearance since being remanded.