DEATH INVESTIGATION 26-15513

DEATH INVESTIGATION 
London man charged, seeking the public’s assistance

LONDON, ON (February 23, 2026) – Members of the London Police Service (LPS) Major Crime Section have charged a London man and are seeking the public’s assistance in relation to an ongoing death investigation from last week.

On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at approximately 1:30 p.m., police received a 9-1-1 call from a citizen who located what appeared to be a deceased person in the area of King and Maitland streets.

Officers arrived and confirmed the person was deceased.

The investigation was re-assigned to the LPS Major Crime Section, and the deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Jessica Rose Bakker. 

As a result of the ongoing investigation, Rondell Joseph Jones, 55, of London, has been charged with one count of improper/indecent interference with a dead body.

The accused is scheduled to appear in London court today.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have interacted with Jessica Rose Bakker since February 1, 2026, to contact the LPS Major Crime Section. Even the smallest piece of information could be vital to this investigation.

The investigation remains ongoing, and the LPS Major Crime Section continues to work in conjunction with the office of the Chief Coroner.

More information will be provided as appropriate.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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