- UPDATE #1 - TWO YEARS LATER, THE SEARCH FOR JESSE DESCHAMPS’ KILLER CONTINUES
-UPDATE #1- TWO YEARS LATER, THE SEARCH FOR JESSE DESCHAMPS’ KILLER CONTINUES
One Individual Charged
(PENETANGUISHENE, ON) - Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one individual with first degree murder in connection with a homicide investigation in the Town of Penetanguishene.
On Thursday, July 27, 2023, an investigation began after 30-year-old Jesse DESCHAMPS was shot and killed in the rear parking lot of a shopping centre on Poyntz Street in Penetanguishene.
On Monday, August 25, 2025, Danika LAWRIE, 32 years old of Penetanguishene, was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
- First degree murder, section 235(1)
- Mischief over $5,000, section 430(3)
- Obstruct peace officer, section 129(a)
The accused remains in custody pending a bail hearing, and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on a later date.