16-year-old charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Port Rowan infant | CBC News
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Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 16-year-old from Norfolk County with second-degree murder in the death of an infant last fall at a home in Port Rowan.
Police said officers responded to a home on Front Road in the lakeside community around 1:50 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025 for a sudden death investigation.
At the time, officials said police had located one person dead at the residence. On Wednesday, it was revealed the deceased was an infant.
The 16-year-old accused, whose identity can’t be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was arrested on Jan. 28 and will appear in Simcoe court “at a later date,” police said.
Provincial police say their investigation is continuing in collaboration of the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.