An Estevan man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman.

Nathan Russell Mullen, 30, is accused in the death of 27-year-old Leslie Erin Dwyre of Estevan.

Dwyre was found dead by police Monday night after officers were dispatched to a home on Peterson Drive.

Investigators have confirmed the death is the city's first homicide in seven years.

Police told CTV News that Mullen and Dwyre were in a relationship and lived together.

Mullen was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday.