On February 11, 2023, around 8:20 a.m., State Police responded to East Side Cemetery on Van Buren Road, in the town of Gouverneur, for a deceased male. When Troopers arrived on the scene, they located Ronald E. Durham, age 72, of Gouverneur, NY, deceased under suspicious circumstances.

As a result of an investigation conducted by the New York State Police, with the assistance of the Gouverneur Police Department, Frederick A. Wing, age 22, of Gouverneur, NY, was arrested for one count of Murder in the 2nd Degree. Wing was arraigned in the Town of Rossie Court and ordered held in the St. Lawrence County Jail, without bail, pending future court appearances.

On February 12, 2023, an autopsy was conducted at Canton-Potsdam Hospital on Ronald E. Durham, after Durham was discovered deceased in the town of Gouverneur, on February 11, 2023. The autopsy determined the cause of death to be sharp force injury to the neck, and the St. Lawrence County Coroner’s Office has ruled the manner of death as a homicide. Frederick A. Wing, age 22, of Gouverneur, NY, remains held in the St. Lawrence County Jail without bail and is charged with Murder in the 2nd Degree.

This investigation remains ongoing.