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First-degree murder charges are expected to be laid against Daniel Lalonde, the man arrested in connection with the homicide of a woman whose body was found at a rural residence near the town of Alfred Thursday afternoon.

Lalonde, 61, was to appear in court in l’Orignal Friday afternoon to be arraigned on the charge. He was arrested at a Hawkesbury restaurant around 8 p.m. the night before.

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The arrest came after a dramatic manhunt in which the Ontario Provincial Police warned of an “armed and dangerous” suspect on the loose after the woman’s death — just one year to the day after the Wilno triple-slayings.

The OPP were called to a home in Alfred and Plantagenet Township around 2:15 p.m. for a 911 weapons call. Police discovered a woman’s body on the property on Concession 5 near County Road 15, outside the town of Alfred. Her identity was not released.

Heavily armed OPP officers, backed by two helicopters, white-suited forensic officers and a police K9 descended on the house, as police in green fatigues, their faces painted with green camouflage, combed the area.