The scene of a fatal house fire is shown near Wyses Corner, N.S., outside of Halifax on Jan. 8, 2015.ANDREW VAUGHAN/The Canadian Press
The RCMP charged a 30-year-old man with second-degree murder on Friday in connection with the deaths of two people found in a house fire in Halifax.
Codey Reginald Hennigar from Wyses Corner, N.S., is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 81-year-old Clifford William Ward and 54-year-old Mildred Ann Ward, both from Wyses Corner.
The cause of death of another person discovered later inside the home Old Guysborough Road remains under investigation.
Hennigar was scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court to be arraigned.
The fire at the home broke out Wednesday at around 4:30 p.m.
The home is in a rural, wooded area about 25 kilometres northeast of Halifax's airport.
Corporal Greg Church said Hennigar was taken into custody at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday after someone rammed two police vehicles with a car in the Milford area, about a half-hour drive from the scene of the blaze.
Autopsies have been completed on the bodies of Clifford and Mildred Ward, but Church would not release their causes of death.
He also wouldn't discuss relationships between the deceased and the accused, citing the federal Privacy Act.