The grim details of the strangulation death of a homeless man inside a Sarnia apartment have been revealed after the 40-year-old man charged with first-degree murder pleaded guilty Tuesday to the reduced charge of manslaughter.

The body of Christopher Michael Bond, a 66-year-old homeless man, was discovered inside Unit 4 of 219 Queen St., a second-level apartment near Devine Street, on Feb. 21, 2024 around 10:30 a.m. Police confirmed the next day it was a homicide, the city’s first since 2022.

After a couple of days on the lam, Adam Bishop, a 40-year-old man who lived in that unit, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and committing an indignity to a body.

Several neighbours at the time said that a man jumped out of the back of Unit 4 through a window as officers k

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