Nanaimo RCMP say that a former boyfriend of 27-year-old Amy Watts has been charged after she was found dead in 2021.

Watts was found dead in downtown Nanaimo on June 3, 2021 in a small wooded ravine near the intersection of Alberta Street and Victoria Crescent. She had been reported missing in May of that year. 

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After her body was found, police declared her death a homicide and started a lengthy investigation.

Today, police announced that Kyle Gordon Ordway, age 38, has been charged with manslaughter. 

Watts was originally from Prince Edward Island and had moved to Vancouver Island several years ago.

She was in a relationship with Ordway up until her disappearance in May of 2021.

Charges were approved yesterday by Nanaimo Crown Counsel.

Ordway is currently in custody on an unrelated matter. His next court appearance in Nanaimo Provincial Court on the manslaughter charge has not been determined.

“Given that this matter is now before the courts and that an individual has been formally charged and is before the courts, police will not be providing any additional information with regards to the investigation,” added R/Cst Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP.