Two former Merritt residents have been charged with the first-degree murder of Prince George resident Jordan Taylor McLeod, who was reported missing at the beginning of 2015.

Darren Sundman, 33 and Kurtis Sundman, 26, former residents of Merritt, as well as Sebastian Martin, 42, from Vanderhoof, were arrested earlier this month.

McLeod was last seen on Jan. 16 in Prince George and Vanderhoof, and was reported missing three days later.

Police would end up connecting McLeod’s disappearance with an incident that occurred on the 16th east of Prince George near Highway 16.

In February, a man who was walking his dog off a forest service road north east of Prince George found human remains.

Following an autopsy in March, police confirmed those remains were McLeod’s and that he had been the victim of a homicide.