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CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Calgary man to be sentenced for first-degree murder
Christopher Dunlop, convicted of first-degree murder earlier this month, will be sentenced on Monday. A Calgary man convicted of murdering a woman is being sentenced Monday afternoon. A justice is scheduled to give Christopher Dunlop his sentence at 1 p.m. Dunlop was found guilty of first-degree murder and indignity to a human body on July 7. The 50-year-old is convicted of killing 58-year-old Judy Maerz at Deerfoot Athletic Park in February 2023. Police found Maerz's body badly burned, with the medical examiner telling court she had been stabbed 79 times. In court on Monday, Christopher Dunlop was convicted in the death of 58-year-old Judy Maerz at Deerfoot Athletic Park in February 2023. Christopher Dunlop was convicted in the death of 58-year-old Judy Maerz at Deerfoot Athletic Park in February 2023. During his decision, the justice said Maerz's death was deliberate and carefully planned out, and likely occurred during a sexual assault by Dunlop. Dunlop was previously convicted of manslaughter in the death of another sex worker, Laura Furlan, in 2009. He strangled Furlan to death while having sex with her at Deerfoot Athletic Park before dumping her body in Fish Creek Provincial Park. He served a 13-year prison sentence and was released in 2022. A first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence, with no chance of parole for 25 years.
CTV News
5 days ago
- CTV News
Calgary rally against domestic violence calls for change
Madisson Cobb, 23, died last week. A rally was held in memory of her and other victims of domestic violence on July 26, 2025. (Jordan Kanygin/CTV News Calgary) Dozens of Calgarians gathered at city hall on Saturday to speak out against domestic violence and the need to protect people harmed by their partners. The event happened exactly a week after the shooting death of 23-year-old Madisson Cobb. Cobb's ex-boyfriend, Devon Bradley Malik, is now charged with first-degree murder. The woman had a restraining order against her former partner at the time of her death and the man was already facing criminal harassment charges. 'Unfortunately it is the same recurring theme of 'she did everything that she can. She had a restraining order, but she was still killed.' And that's a common theme,' said Racha El-Dib, whose sister Nadia was killed by an ex-boyfriend in Calgary in 2018. El-Dib has since founded Nadia's Hope Foundation, a registered charity focused on bringing awareness to domestic abuse and violence. 'It ended up being a case of 'if I can't have you, nobody else can,' so he took her life in a very, very violent way,' El-Dib explained. 'We decided to start Nadia's foundation to remember Nadia. Not just for, unfortunately, the way that she was killed, but also who she was as a person, because she's so much more than that last 40 minutes of her life.' Voices Against Domestic Violence rally A sign from the Voices Against Domestic Violence rally on July 26, 2025. (Jordan Kanygin/CTV News Calgary) Saturday's Voices Against Domestic Violence rally was organized in part by Marigold Mioc. 'Because if these (crimes) are still happening, there's still need for discussion about these things. These women need to be remembered. These women need to be talked about because their stories have meaning. Their stories have value,' said Mioc. According to Statistics Canada, 44 per cent of women in Canada reported experiencing some type of physical, sexual or psychological abuse from a partner. 'Intimate partner violence, a lot of the time it can go unseen. But also a lot of the time it is seen in contexts where it's kind of normalized or kind of brushed to the side or glossed over. We need to make sure that we teach people and educate ourselves on the signs of intimate partner violence,' Mioc added.
CNN
23-07-2025
- CNN
Surviving roommate confronts Kohberger in court
In her first public comments since the murders, Dylan Mortensen, one of the surviving roommates in the Idaho killings, confronted Bryan Kohberger during his sentencing. Kohberger is being sentenced after admitting to the murder of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. He faces a life sentence for each of the four counts of first-degree murder as well as 10 years on a burglary charge.
CNN
23-07-2025
- CNN
Surviving roommate confronts Kohberger in court
In her first public comments since the murders, Dylan Mortensen, one of the surviving roommates in the Idaho killings, confronted Bryan Kohberger during his sentencing. Kohberger is being sentenced after admitting to the murder of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home. He faces a life sentence for each of the four counts of first-degree murder as well as 10 years on a burglary charge.
CBC
15-07-2025
- CBC
Pre-trial hearings begin for man accused of Dieppe double murder
A series of pre-trial hearings began in court Tuesday for a man accused of killing a Dieppe couple in 2019. Janson Bryan Baker, 29, faces two charges of first-degree murder. It's alleged he killed Bernard Saulnier, 78, and his wife Rose-Marie Saulnier, 74, on Sept. 7, 2019. Baker's case returned to Moncton's Court of King's Bench for the first of several days of voir dires. The hearings are being held to determine the admissibility of potential evidence at his upcoming jury trial. A publication ban prohibits reporting what is presented during the hearings. Voir dire hearings have been scheduled intermittently through the summer and fall. The trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 5, 2026 and last three months. The charges against Baker were laid in 2023 on the fourth anniversary of the discovery of the Saulniers' bodies in their Amirault Street home.
