A 71-year-old man has been charged with murder after turning himself in to police.
The Mounties say a 72-year-old woman was killed at a home in the Annapolis Valley on Saturday.
The man reported the incident to police at the RCMP detachment in New Minas where he was arrested.
Douglas Andrew Smith of Kingsport has been charged with second-degree murder.
Police have executed search warrants at the home on Pleasant Street, a hotel in Kings County, and a minivan.
The victim’s name has not been released nor has the cause of death.
Smith was remanded into custody.
He’ll return to Kentville Provincial Court on June 2nd at 9:30 a.m.
