Police have charged two London men, one with murder, after a man they knew was found dead and the victim of trauma.

Alexander Lambert, 52, is charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to a dead human body, while 47-year-old James McGillivary is charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and offering an indignity to a human body.

Both men knew David Hole, 53, who was last seen alive in London on Nov. 15 and found dead in his SUV 15 days later, police say.

There was a three-day gap between when Hole was last seen alive in London and when family reported him missing; it took another two days for police to make public a photo of Hole’s Ford Escape and issue a missing person’s report.

Hole’s body was found in the SUV Nov. 30 in a commercial parking plaza at Wellington Road and Commissioners Road East that has several restaurants, a pharmacy, a grocery store and a cheque-­cashing business.

Hole’s family, many of who live in Alberta, came to London to celebrate David Hole’s life, but declined to speak about either David or the alleged crime that ended his life.

But the trauma his family has endured is evident in the Facebook postings of his sister Tami Dewhurst, one of his nine siblings.

She asked friends on Nov. 19 to pray for the safe return of her brother.

Just before midnight on Nov. 30 Dewhurst posted: “My brother was found passed away in his vehicle . . . My heart is shattered tonight. I am not ready to say goodbye to you. I love you David.”

London police say they continue to investigate the city’s sixth homicide of the year. Anyone with information should contact police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.london­crimestoppers.com.

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