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Court Appearance Scheduled For Man Charged With First Degree Murder

Tara Clow October 16, 2019 6:54 am Last Updated on February 7, 2026 4:10 pm

A man facing charges in the death of an Upper Coverdale man, will appear in court today.

Fifty-one-year-old old Donald Kyle is charged with the first degree murder of 19-year-old Evan Straight.

RCMP went to an Osprey Road home in Upper Coverdale on Sunday night, where they found Straight suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.

He was taken to hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Kyle was arrested at the scene.

He is scheduled to appear in Moncton court at 1:30 this afternoon.

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Tara Clow is a multi-award-winning news anchor and reporter with more than 30 years of experience at radio stations across Canada. She is a graduate of the Radio and TV Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Humber College radio broadcasting program. She is based in Moncton and covers stories across Canada. Contact Tara at clow.tara@radioabl.ca.