A Bible Hill, N.S., man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of a woman that RCMP now say is a case of intimate partner violence.

Richard Craig Barrett, 31, was charged Monday, according to an RCMP news release.

Police responded to a report of a sudden death on Sept. 17, 2023, in a home on Wild Chance Drive in Bible Hill. The victim was a 32-year-old woman from the community.

Her death was considered suspicious at the time. RCMP said Barrett was arrested that day, but later …