The man suspected of stabbing 45-year-old Hector Lee Sinclair to death is now in police custody.

Colin Traverse, 32, turned himself in to Winnipeg police at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and has been charged with second-degree murder.

Sinclair, 45, and another man were stabbed in the upper body at a home in the 1100 block of Beauty Avenue in The Maples on Dec. 22.

Sinclair was taken to hospital in critical condition but died of his injuries. The other man survived.

Police issued a news release Monday, asking for the public's help in locating Traverse.