Manitoba

Justin Chezick ID'd as homicide victim found in Pritchard Avenue home

Winnipeg police have identified a man whose body was found inside a fire-damaged house in the city's North End earlier this week.

Body of Justin Harvey Chezick, 42, found in home after fire

A body is taken out of a fire-damaged house in the 600 block of Pritchard Avenue in Winnipeg's North End on Monday. Police have identified the victim as Justin Harvey Chezick. (CBC)
A jury has convicted 21-year-old Romeo Ryle of second-degree murder in the July 2015 killing of Justin Harvey Chezick (pictured). (Facebook)
Winnipeg police have identified a man whose body was found inside a fire-damaged house in the city's North End earlier this week.

The body of Justin Harvey Chezick, 42, was discovered after firefighters extinguished the house fire in the 600 block of Pritchard Avenue on Monday.

Chezick's death is being investigated as a homicide.

Anyone with information about Chezick's case is asked to call investigators at 204-986-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).