OttawaCBC News has learned that Chris Fenton, one of the people charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Robbie Thompson, co-owns a house with Robert Lambert, another missing man.Property record shows Chris Fenton came on as co-owner in 2018; Robert Lambert last seen 3 months laterKristy Nease · CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2025 11:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesRobert Lambert has been missing since 2018 from the Smiths Falls area, according to Ontario Provincial Police. (Ontario Provincial Police/Facebook)A man charged this week with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Robbie Thomson in Smiths Falls co-owns a property with another missing man — a property being extensively searched by Ontario Provincial Police.Property records show Robert Lambert first bought the property on Kelly Jordan Road in 2004.Christopher Fenton became a co-owner in April 2018, three months before Lambert was last seen. The property was paid off in 2019.3 charged with 1st-degree murder in case of missing Smiths Falls area manLambert was reported missing Nov. 30, 2018. Investigators were told he had returned to the U.S., where he’s originally from, OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson said Friday.But there was no record of Lambert crossing the border, Dickson said. He declined to tell CBC who provided the information that Lambert had gone to the U.S.A $50,000 reward was offered in the unsolved case earlier this year.”While it’s still officially a missing person case, we can’t rule out the fact that there could have been foul play connected to his disappearance,” Dickson said.Human remains found at property ThursdayOPP announced Friday morning that human remains had been found on the property. Dickson told CBC they were recovered during the day Thursday.The remains have been sent for forensic and post-mortem examinations, and to confirm identity.”We can’t speculate on the identity of those remains, nor could we speculate on whether Robert Lambert is on that property at this point in time. These are all ongoing investigations and they’re all questions that we’re asking as well,” Dickson said.A large-scale search of the Kelly Jordan Road property is still underway, and will remain ongoing “for quite some time,” Dickson added.”We have a large number of officers tasked to search the property and do whatever they need to do to look for anything we may find there, evidentiary-wise or otherwise.”Dickson declined to say exactly where the remains had been found.ABOUT THE AUTHORCBC Ottawa senior writer Kristy Nease has covered news in the capital for 16 years, and previously worked at the Ottawa Citizen. She has handled topics including intimate partner violence, climate and health care, and is currently focused on the courts and judicial affairs for all platforms. Get in touch: kristy.nease@cbc.ca, or 613-288-6435. Worried? Try kristyneasecbc@proton.me instead.Selected stories.Follow her on X.
Murder accused in Smiths Falls disappearance co-owns house with another missing man
