{"id":565807,"date":"2026-03-28T04:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/565807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T04:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T04:22:52","slug":"edmonton-police-charge-p-e-i-man-for-murder-in-domestic-violence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/565807\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton police charge P.E.I. man for murder in domestic violence case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton police (EPS) have charged a Prince Edward Island man for allegedly murdering his 29-year-old partner.<\/p>\n

Police said they charged John Angus Joseph MacArthur, 47, with second-degree murder and indignity to a body, in connection to the death of Marika \u201cMika\u201d Sutton.<\/p>\n

Sutton had been reported missing to EPS in September 2025. <\/p>\n

After an investigation, police concluded that Sutton was dead. The EPS Homicide Section began investigation in October 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile not formally reported to police, a history of domestic violence was uncovered during the investigation,\u201d EPS said in a press release, Friday. \u201cMarika\u2019s death is considered an intimate partner homicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacArthur was arrested in Charlottetown, P.E.I. and brought to Edmonton, where he remains in police custody.<\/p>\n

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Marika Sutton, 29, was allegedly murdered by her partner John Angus Joseph MacArthur, 47, who Edmonton police say disposed off her body along Highway 2, Wetaskiwin and Lacombe, Alberta (Courtesy: Edmonton Police Service)<\/p>\n

Investigators continue to search Sutton\u2019s remains and believe that MacArthur allegedly disposed of her body along Highway 2 between Wetaskiwin and Lacombe, Alberta, late August.<\/p>\n

He was allegedly driving a 2014 black Jeep Patriot with Alberta licence plate CFB 2578.<\/p>\n

The allegations have yet to be tested in court.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous reports can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton police (EPS) have charged a Prince Edward Island man for allegedly murdering his 29-year-old partner. Police said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-565807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}