RCMP have laid murder charges following a three-year investigation into the disappearance of a Cold Lake man.

Mounties have charged Tyler Lionel John Arsenault, 28, with second degree murder and indignity to a body in the disappearance of Dennis Lenord Cardinal.

Cardinal was last seen in Cold Lake on February 1, 2011.

Officials said Arsenault was arrested and charged on July 23 and will appear in a Cold Lake Provincial court on August 13.

The KARE Historical Homicide Unit of the Edmonton RCMP will continue to investigate.