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A fourth person has been charged in connection with the death of Melissa Price, the 39-year-old woman whose body was found in a garbage bin in Moncton earlier this year.
Sean Kristopher Bastarache is accused of being an accessory after the fact of murder on Feb. 15, 2026.
Crown prosecutor Marc-André Desjardins confirmed to CBC News in an email that it is in connection with Price’s death.
Bastarache did not appear in Moncton provincial court Tuesday morning, but Judge Ami Assignon issued a warrant on his file.
Bastarache was not present in Moncton provincial court Tuesday for his first appearance on the charge relating to Price’s death. (Sean Bastarache/Facebook)
Desjardins told Assignon he would ask police to serve Bastarache with a notice to appear in court for his next appearance on Nov. 9.
Trial dates have been set for May 2028 for two other people accused of murdering Price.
Leandra Beaulieu, 36, and Devlin O’Blenis, 37, are facing a joint second-degree murder charge for allegedly killing Price on Feb. 14, the day before her body was found.
Leandra Beaulieu and Devlin O’Blenis are both accused of second-degree murder in the death of Melissa Price. (Facebook)
Joshua Martin is also accused of being an accessory after the fact of murder. He’s also charged with indignity to a human body. Martin is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 2.
No details have been disclosed publicly about the circumstances of Price’s death.
A preliminary inquiry was held in August for the second-degree murder charge, but the details of it are protected by a publication ban.