Another person is now charged in connection with the deaths of three Six Nations of the Grand River residents, whose bodies were found southwest of London last November.
The Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police announced Friday that Vernon Shipman, 33, of Six Nations of the Grand River is charged with three counts of being an accessory after the fact to murder. The charge stems from the deaths of 37-year-old Melissa Trudi Miller, 33-year-old Alan Grant Porter, and 32-year-old Michael Shane Jamieson. Their bodies were found with a stolen grey 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in a field off of Bodkin Road near Jones Road outside of Oneida Nation of the Thames on the morning of November 4. Police later confirmed Miller was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.
Autopsies were performed two days after the grisly discovery, however, the cause of death has not been released by police.
Shipman is the third person to be charged with being an accessory after the fact in the case. Earlier in the week, police announced charges against 21-year-old Ronald Sturgeon of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. Kristin Bomberry, 36, of Six Nations of the Grand River was charged in the weeks that followed the homicides with three counts of being an accessory after the fact to murder in relation to the deaths.
Three men, 36-year-old Nicholas Shipman, 30-year-old Thomas Bomberry, and 32-year-old Jamie Beaver were charged in early March with second degree murder. Shipman faces three counts, while Bomberry is charged with two counts, and Beaver is charged with one count.
“Police will not comment on specific details to protect the integrity of the ongoing criminal investigation and any ensuing court processes,” police said in a statement issued Friday. “A publication ban continues.”
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the dedicated police tip-line at 1-844-677-5050, or the Six Nations Police Service at 519-445-2811.
