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ST. THOMAS – A Southwestern Ontario man charged with killing a Mississauga man reported missing 17 years ago is also charged with assaulting two police officers during his arrest.

Chad Reu-Waters, 45, is charged with first-degree murder and committing an indignity to a human body in the death of Ashley Max Domenic Pereira, 33.

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Elgin OPP announced the charges Monday in the unusual case with links to Elgin and Norfolk counties and now the Greater Toronto Area.

Reu-Waters appeared Tuesday in a St. Thomas court, where it was revealed he also faces two counts of assaulting a peace officer.

Two members of the OPP’s emergency response unit were assaulted while arresting Reu-Waters in Hamilton on Monday morning, Const. Adam Crewdson said.

Reu-Waters’ son, Sam Waters, 22, was charged May 9 with committing an indignity to a body. The charge was laid two days after an OPP helicopter removed a freezer containing human remains from a bluff east of Port Burwell following its discovery by a local resident.