Dennis Oland will be charged with second-degree murder this afternoon in connection with the death of his father, prominent businessman Richard Oland, more than two years ago.
Saint John police Chief Bill Reid informed the media of the charge against Oland at a news conference Wednesday morning.
Dennis Oland, 45, was arrested on Tuesday. He was initially scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday afternoon, but his appearance time was subsequently changed to 9:30 a.m.
However, the suspect's lawyer, Gary Miller, requested a delay of the court appearance until the afternoon session, and it was granted.
Richard Oland was found dead in his uptown office on July 7, 2011 at age 69.
Dennis Oland was arrested on Tuesday in connection with his father's 2011 slaying. (Facebook)
He died after he received "repeated blows" to his body, the chief told reporters, revealing for the first time details about Oland's death.
He declined to comment on a murder weapon, saying it is now evidence before the court.
Dennis Oland was the last known person to see his father alive at his Far End Corporation office on Canterbury Street on July 6.
When police asked Dennis Oland what happened that day, he said: "Until I went over to his office, it was a very typical day."
Approval for arrest given 3 weeks ago
Police decided to charge Dennis Oland with second-degree murder in consultation with the Crown, the chief told reporters.
Businessman Richard Oland was found dead in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. (Canadian Yachting Association)
He said first-degree murder requires "planning and deliberation."
The Crown gave police approval to arrest Dennis Oland about three weeks ago, pending some "massaging of the file," said Reid.
Investigators had met with the Crown back in November 2012 and the prosecutors had requested "a multitude of things," including additional interviews and forensics before agreeing to laying a charge, he said.
The officers worked diligently on the file and when they met with the Crown again in October, everything the Crown asked for and expected was there, said Reid.
"Our investigational team did a fantastic job," he said.
Police did not feel any time pressure to make an arrest in the two-year-old case, said Reid. "We were in no hurry to make a mistake."
Previously released search warrants revealed two men heard noises coming from Richard Oland's office that night. Anthony Shaw and John Ainsworth were working downstairs.
Shaw told police he heard six or seven "exceptionally loud, quick pounding thumps." He described the noise as being similar to banging on a wall.
'I knew it wasn't right'
John Ainsworth described the noise to police as "shuffling." The sounds seemed to emanate from one area of Oland's office, Ainsworth said.
No details about how Oland died have been made public. They are considered so-called hallmark evidence that only the killer or killers would know.
A woman reported seeing a man matching Dennis Oland's description acting strangely at Renforth Wharf that night between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., according to the documents.
The well-dressed man, who was walking briskly, stopped at the beginning of the wharf, and picked something up, went to the end of the wharf and sat down.
He then took something red out of a bag, wrapped the object he had picked up, put it in the bag, then walked briskly back and drove away in a silver car, Barbara Murray told police.
"I knew it wasn't right," Murray said. The way he was walking made her nervous, she said. "There was a purpose to what he was doing, a real purpose."
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