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Four charged in connection to homicide investigation near Fairview

Four people have been charged after a body was found in a remote area near Fairview in May 2024.

On May 25th, Fairview RCMP received a report that four bear hunters had located a body that had been disposed of in a remote area. Two days later, an autopsy was conducted and the manner of death was deemed to be a homicide.

Authorities were able to identify the deceased man as 54-year-old Wilfred Rever of Manning.

Between October 23rd and 24th, Mounties arrested four people in connection to the homicide, including 32-year-old Christopher Valin of Berwyn with second degree murder. Police also charged 44-year-old Brooke Burton of Manning, 57-year-old Glenn Whitney of Fairview and 57-year-old Guy Valin of Berwyn with Accessory After the Fact to Murder and Indignity to a Body.

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All four have been remanded in custody and will appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Peace River on Monday.

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