Po­lice have launched a homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tion af­ter the bad­ly burnt body of a man was dis­cov­ered near a torched ve­hi­cle along Rail­way Road, Re­form, Ste Madeleine, yes­ter­day.

The dis­cov­ery was made short­ly af­ter 6.30 am, when of­fi­cers re­spond­ed to a re­port of a burnt body in the area. It comes just days af­ter an­oth­er body was found along Re­form Road in a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent now un­der po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

In that case, the vic­tim was found with gun­shot in­juries, height­en­ing con­cerns about vi­o­lent crime in the com­mu­ni­ty. Po­lice have not in­di­cat­ed whether the two in­ci­dents are linked.