Police confirm man found dead in North Preston a homicide

Police in Halifax are asking for the public’s help solving the municipality’s eighth homicide this year.

The victim was identified Wednesday afternoon as 26-year-old Tylor Donovan McInnis of Halifax.

RCMP found McInnis in the trunk of a stolen car in a cemetery on Governor Street in North Preston on Tuesday afternoon, just minutes after the black Honda Civic was reported stolen.

“Within a couple minutes, a member on patrol in the North Preston area observed the vehicle… in the cemetery, and so on further investigation there, they discovered a male deceased inside the vehicle,” spokesperson Cpl. Dal Hutchinson said Wednesday.

“The body was found in the trunk.”

The province’s medical examiner’s office performed an autopsy on the body on Wednesday, and ruled the death a homicide.

Hutchinson said police could not reveal the cause of McInnis’s death.

Police are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area of Upper Governor Street between 9 p.m. Monday night and 11 a.m. Tuesday morning to contact them or Crime Stoppers.

“It would be nice to put some closure here, and help the police solve this crime and find out what actually took place,” Hutchinson said.

“Any information people may have may be something that’s important to this investigation and can help us.”

Hutchinson couldn’t confirm whether police had heard from anyone in the public so far.

Tuesday’s homicide is the first since April, when three people were killed in one week.