A Simcoe man accused of murdering his mother now faces a second murder charge.

Justin Morgan , 45, was previously charged with second-degree murder in the October death of his mother, Barbara Morgan .

On Thursday, Norfolk County OPP upgraded that charge to first-degree murder.

Police also charged Morgan with first-degree murder in the death of Robert Sykes, 49, who reportedly lived in Barbara Morgan’s basement and went missing the day before the 71-year-old was found dead in her home on Head Street South.

Justin Morgan’s home on Stanley Street — a few blocks from the house his mother and Sykes shared — was searched a few days after his mother was found dead.

He was arrested on Oct. 10.

Officers found Sykes’ remains in a wooded area off Highway 6, west of Caledonia, on Oct

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