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Man arrested in roommate's death; remains found in trash bin
Darin Monias is Winnipeg's fifth homicide of 2012. His body parts were found in a large garbage bin in the area of York Avenue near Donald Street on Monday. (FACEBOOK)
Winnipeg police search a garbage bin in the area York Avenue between Donald and Smith streets, earlier this week. (TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
A man is under arrest for the slaying of his roommate, after a shocking find in a downtown trash bin revealed the city’s fifth homicide of the year.
Darren Robert Monias, 42, was slain, police confirmed on Wednesday.
Though police have remained tight-lipped about the details, citing the "sensitivity" of the situation, they have confirmed that the homicide investigation was triggered by the discovery of "suspicious circumstances" on Monday morning in a trash bin near Donald Street and York Avenue.
There have been reports that body parts were found in the trash bin.
As a result of their investigation, police arrested Monias’s roommate, Emery Miles McLeod, 38, at an apartment in the 200 block of Thomas Berry Street.
He is being held in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, charged with second-degree murder.
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Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 3:20 PM CST: adds video
7:47 PM: Adds photo of vicitm
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