Alberta RCMP charge man with murder after body found by burning vehicle

Drumheller RCMP have chargeda 20-year-old man with first-degree murder, after abody was discovered at the scene of a burning vehicle last week.

The remains of Fazal Rehman, 36, who was also known by the name Afzad Rehman, were discovered in a rural area south of the central Alberta village of Morrin around 8 a.m. on Oct. 16.

• Human remains found at car fire near Drumheller

Morrinis located approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Calgary.

Rehman was not the last known registered owner of the burning vehicle, RCMP said at the time.

RCMP arrested Dylan Donald Howard, 20, of Munson, Alta., on Thursday in Airdrie.

He has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.

Police say the arrest was a collaboration between Calgary's major crimes unit, forensic identification, auto theftand the police canine unit.

Howard is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Drumheller on Nov. 10.

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