Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Homicide Unit are searching for a second suspect after the body of a young woman was discovered in a Niagara Falls parking lot last week.

On Oct. 14, officers responded to a report of a sudden death in the area of Main Street and Ferry Street. When they arrived, they found the body of a 22-year-old woman behind a building in a parking lot.

The case was immediately turned over to homicide detectives.

Police have already arrested 43-year-old Christopher St. Louis of Niagara Falls, who faces the charge of indignity to a body. St. Louis remains in custody and was scheduled to appear for a bail hearing on Oct. 16.

Detectives say they are now actively attempting to locate 38-year-old Ryan Maeder of Niagara Falls, who is considered a

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