3rd person charged with murder in Barrhaven killing
Michael Journal Prest, 20, from Ottawa was charged with first-degree murder Saturday morning, according to an Ottawa Police Service news release.
He joins Mia Tejada, 28, and Omar Assaad, 26, from Ottawa, who were jointly charged with first-degree murder on Jan. 17, a week after Sabarros was found dead in a home on Pondhollow Way in the city's Barrhaven suburb.
Sabarros's former partner previously told CBC he was a lovely and generous man and a committed father to their two-year-old daughter.
Prest is scheduled to make a court appearance Saturday, the news release said.
Police ask anyone with information to contact their homicide unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493 or to reach out anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
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