Two men have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Halifax teen more than two years ago.
Devon Sinclair Marsman, 16, was last seen the week of Feb. 21, 2022.
On Monday afternoon, Halifax Regional Police announced the arrests and said they will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. AT. No other details were provided.
‘Everything is Devon’
Marsman’s family marked his 18th birthday last October with a rally calling on police to do more to find out what happened to the young man.
Not knowing where Marsman is has weighed heavily on his family.
“My every thought of every day is Devon. Like, everything is Devon,” Theresa Gray, Marsman’s mother, told CBC News last year.
People walked through a west Halifax neighbourhood on Oct. 7, 2023, chanting ‘Bring Devon Home!’ to raise awareness of Marsman’s disappearance. (Jeorge Sadi/CBC)
Gray travelled across Nova Scotia putting up flyers about her son’s disappearance. Other friends and family in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have plastered posters around those cities as well.
Gray told CBC News that police knew where Marsman was last seen and who he was with before he went missing. Her son was reported missing on March 4, 2022, but police initially said there was no indication to suggest Marsman met with foul play.
Nearly eight months later, police said publicly they considered Marsman’s disappearance suspicious.
Gray has said she’s long believed that her son’s disappearance should have been investigated further by police.
In November 2022, Nova Scotia’s Department of Justice offered up to $150,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for the teenager’s disappearance. In April, the reward was increased to $250,000.
Police have described Marsman as African Nova Scotian, five feet tall, 100 pounds, with blue-green eyes and short dark hair. When last seen, he was wearing a hooded sweater and jeans.
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