Ottawa·NewOntario Provincial Police have identified the remains at the centre of an ongoing murder investigation as those of a man who went missing from the Smiths Falls area two years ago. 3 people have been charged with 1st-degree murder in Robbie Thomson’s deathGuy Quenneville · CBC News · Posted: Nov 05, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe remains found in a home northwest of Smiths Falls last week have now been identifed as those of Robbie Thomson, who was 34 when he disappeared in October 2023. (Submitted)Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identified the remains at the centre of an ongoing murder investigation as those of a man who went missing from the Smiths Falls area two years ago. Robbie Thomson was 34 when he disappeared in October 2023. Police used dogs and airplanes to search for him, and recently offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. On Wednesday, OPP announced Thomson’s remains were found during a property search last week on Kelly Jordan Road northwest of Smiths Falls.The remains were found last Thursday, only hours after the OPP announced they’d charged three people with first-degree murder in Thomson’s death despite not having yet found Thomson’s body.The accused are Christopher Fenton, 48, and Erin Mackie, 40, both from nearby Montague Township, and 34-year-old Joshua Belfiori of Kingston. Records obtained by CBC show Fenton co-owns the property with another missing man, Robert Lambert, who has not been seen since the summer of 2018.That same property is where Thomson’s remains were found, OPP confirmed to CBC.WATCH | Charges bring some relief for family Robbie Thomson:Charges bring some relief for family of Smiths Falls man missing for two yearsOPP have charged three people with first-degree murder in the death of a Smiths Falls, Ont., man reported missing two years ago. Thomson’s identity was confirmed via a postmortem examination.His family has remembered him as “a gentle giant” who stood up for his Junior B hockey teammates and was always willing to lend a hand around the house. Fenton, Mackie and Belfiori were scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. With files from Natalia Goodwin
Remains found in Smiths Falls-area home confirmed as missing man’s
