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Ottawa police received an anonymous tip about the white pickup truck parked awkwardly in Deinsberg St-Hilaire’s driveway that led investigators to the man now accused of hitting and leaving Andy Nevin in a ditch to die, the Citizen has learned.

In the days following the fatal collision on June 28, a neighbour of St-Hilaire’s noticed his white pickup truck parked so close to the garage door of his corner-lot home that its bumper was concealed. The neighbour, thinking it odd and having heard the police appeal to the public for any information on the suspect vehicle with front-end damage, phoned in.

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Police had been fielding calls and were investigating tips. When officers arrived at the St-Hilaire home on Ballymore Avenue intent to check out the information, they couldn’t locate the truck or its owner. It raised red flags for investigators.

Police began a surveillance operation to locate the truck and St-Hilaire. Ultimately, they found the suspect by tailing his long-term girlfriend.