Regina man, 75, charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of woman

Regina police have charged a man, 75, with second-degree murder in the death of a woman. It's the city's fifth homicide of the year. (CBC - image credit)
Regina police have charged a man, 75, with second-degree murder in the death of a woman. It's the city's fifth homicide of the year. (CBC - image credit)

Regina police have laid charges in the city's fifth homicide of 2022.

Kenneth Glen Hubick is charged with second-degree murder and causing an indignity to a body.

The 75-year-old city man made his first appearance in provincial court Monday morning.

On Friday, police were called to the 1300 block of Oxford Bay, where they found the a woman's body.

Police say they have notified the next of kin but are not naming the victim at the request of the family.

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