Second person charged in Williams Lake murder case

A second person has been charged in relation to the murder of a Williams Lake man in December 2018.

According to a Williams Lake RCMP media release, 21-year-old Daine Victor Stump has been charged with the first-degree murder of Jamie Sellars Baldwin, 43, who was found dead at a Williams Lake property in December 2018.

In December 2019, Wyatt Lee Boffa, 29, from Clinton was charged with first-degree murder in relation to the case.

On Dec. 1, 2018, RCMP responded to a residence on Mountain House Road in Williams Lake where they found Baldwin's body.

RCMP say investigators will continue to target the violent offenders responsible for the murder which has impacted many families locally. Police will also continue to target offenders responsible for violence to enhance public safety.


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Ben Bulmer

After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.