Arrest made in murder of Samantha Higgins

Nick Lazanik

  Police have reportedly taken Nick Fontanelli 22, in for questioning in relation to the murder and dismemberment of the mother of his two children, Samantha Higgins.
   The couple had been together for several years since meeting at James Lyng High School but had recently been living apart.
   Samantha just moved back in with Nick after giving birth to their second child about 10 weeks ago.
   Samantha Higgins was with friends on the night she disappeared in LaSalle, She was drinking socially on the occasion.
   She was either at or near the McDonald's on Newman when she disappeared.
   Nick - whose last name does not appear to be the same as his sister's for reasons unknown - is not on Facebook. He has an older sister named Shawna Lazaniik, 43, who the SQ provincial police had been hoping to interview today but were unable to locate.
   Shawna reportedly has a boyfriend named Fred who works for Canada Post. We are not suggesting that these two are suspects in the investigation.
   Much buzz has been circulating about the possibility of involvement by people from Hinchinbrooke, Quebec, where Higgins' body was found.
   The SQ police have been asking locals about the affair but it's quite possible that the body was just randomly dumped there.