Man charged after body found in east Toronto apartment – ​​CP24

Police have arrested and charged a 52-year-old man who was wanted after allegedly failing to notify authorities of the death of a person at an apartment in Toronto’s Riverside neighborhood.

Toronto police say they were called to a residence near Broadview and Dundas Street East on May 27, 2024.

They allege a suspect knew a deceased person was inside the apartment and failed to notify police.

An autopsy determined the deceased died of natural causes, police said.

The suspect was identified as Réjean Hermel Perron, 52, of no fixed address.

He was wanted for indignity to a human body as well as forcible confinement, armed sexual assault and use of an imitation firearm during the commission of a criminal act.

Perron was also wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant for violating a long-term supervision order resulting from a three-year sentence for forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and use of an imitation firearm during the commission of a criminal act.

Following a press conference last spring, Toronto police said they had received additional information regarding the suspect and, as a result, Perron was also wanted for sexual assault, assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement.

On Sunday, Perron was arrested and charged with obstructing a peace officer, inappropriate/indecent interference with a corpse, assault, sexual assault, false imprisonment and uttering threats. He was scheduled to appear in bail court on October 13.

Anyone with further information about this indignity to a body investigation is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.