Murder charge laid in Prince George, B.C. [Video]

A 55-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of a woman in northern British Columbia last summer.

Court records show Clarence Lee Engstrom was charged Friday with the July 2023 murder of Lydia McFarlane in Prince George.

Mounties say Engstrom was taken into custody by the Prince George RCMP’s serious crimes unit on Oct. 19, the day after the murder charge was approved and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

McFarlane’s body was discovered inside her home in the 1500 block of Victoria Street on July 17, 2023.

Court records indicate she is believed to have been killed on July 14, three days before her body was found.

Her death was recorded as the seventh homicide of the year in the B.C. city with a population of approximately 77,000 people, according to Mounties.

Investigators say Engstrom emerged as a suspect soon …