In a surprise development, the Crown has withdrawn a murder charge in a 13-year-old cold case. Donald Murray Peters was charged last year with second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Naomi Kidston. Police said at the time of her death that it was not a random act and that Kidston likely knew her killer. Trial was scheduled for 2019The Crown then preferred an indictment, pre-empting a preliminary inquiry and sending the case straight to trial, which was scheduled for Nova Scotia Supreme Court in February 2019. Obviously, it remains a cold case and to that extent the police will maintain an active investigation if there's cause for that."

Source: CBC News November 19, 2018 16:30 UTC