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Penticton man charged in Abbotsford murder

PENTICTON – A Penticton man is facing murder charges in connection with the death of an Abbotsford man.

The homicide investigation team obtained charges of second degree murder against 33-year-old Shayne Daniel McGenn, most recently of Penticton, Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Media Relations Officer Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said today, May 17.

Sarah Margaret Sather, 33, is also charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of a 63-year-old Abbotsford man found deceased in a Centre Street residence in the Lower Mainland city Feb. 23, 2016.

McGenn is scheduled to appear in Abbotsford provincial court Friday, May 20, while Sather is scheduled for an Abbotsford courtroom appearance on Wednesday, May 18.

Police say the victim and suspects knew each other.

Ashton says the scope of the investigation required the assistance of police detachments throughout the Lower Mainland, in Abbotsford and the Okanagan.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
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I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
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