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CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
Two men admit to helping move 8-year-old Edmonton girl's body after 2023 homicide
Two men pleaded guilty Friday for their role in the 2023 disappearance of a child who was later found dead. The pair admitted they were part of a group that participated in moving an eight-year-old girl's body from an Edmonton apartment to Maskwacis, Alta., where police found her in the bed of a truck. The girl can't be identified due to a publication ban. According to court records, separate court-ordered publication bans are also in effect for several of the other people involved in the case, including the two men who entered guilty pleas for indignity to a body. Court of King's Bench Justice Steven Mandziuk gave both men sentences of two years and nine months, agreeing to a joint submission from the Crown and defence for a sentence ranging between two and three years. With enhanced credit for time they've already spent in custody since being arrested in April 2023, each is considered to have already served their sentence. The courtroom was full of the girl's family members on Friday, many wearing shirts with the girl's face. "The victim here was an eight-year-old girl — the very picture of vulnerability. And the word indignity to remains doesn't really capture what happens in these types of crimes," Mandziuk said. "It was barbaric, callous and inhumane, and the product of a very, very poor decision." Two other men were also arrested and charged with accessory to murder and indignity to a dead body in April 2023. A 29-year-old woman is charged with first-degree murder in the case — she has yet to go to trial. Court heard that the woman was looking after the young girl at the time, but she is not a biological relative of hers. 'She had so much joy' Reading a victim impact statement in court on Friday, the girl's grandmother said the loss left the family broken. "I think of what she must have went through and it haunts me every time. I miss my baby girl so much," she said. "She loved her cousins and her family so much. She had so much joy. I'm scared for my other grandchildren." The girl's father said in his victim impact statement that he now struggles with fear that everyone could pose a risk of harming his children. "This horrendous tragedy led me down a dark, cold road — one that stripped me of any trust or faith I ever had in anyone or anything." According to an agreed statement of facts read in court, one of the men who pleaded guilty on Friday is a family member of the woman charged with murder, while the other was a friend of hers. That man, who is 68, came to the woman's apartment on the evening of April 22, 2023, and saw the eight-year-old girl's body, the agreed facts say. The next day, he drove the woman south of the city to Maskwacis, knowing that the girl's body was left behind, and no one had called an ambulance. He then drove three other men from Maskwacis to Edmonton, including the 27-year-old who's now been sentenced alongside him. The younger man told another person in the car after they started driving, "They were going to move a body but not whose body." The court heard that at the apartment, a different man put the girl's body in a hockey bag and loaded it into the trunk of the car. The group then drove back to Maskwacis. The girl's body was discovered during a police search five days later, on April 28, 2023. Mandziuk said the loss of a child, especially in a such traumatic way, has a profound and lasting impact on the people left behind. "On no level is this acceptable — no level. And it's a cold-hearted action."
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
CRIME SCENE: 1 victim dead, another wounded after North York stabbing
One man was killed and another suffered injuries in a double stabbing Sunday afternoon in North York. Toronto Police said they responded to a call at about noon in the Wilson Ave.-Hwy. 400 area, where one man was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and the other was hospitalized for treatment. Acting Insp. Todd Jocko told reporters at the scene, via CP24, that the first victim died at a hospital despite life-saving measures by first responders. He said both victims are men in their 50s, while a man in his 70s was arrested at the scene, just east of Hwy. 400, at Wilson Ave. and Beverly Hills Dr. There was no information yet on charges or a motive. 'There is no outstanding threat to the public,' Jocko said, adding there was going to be an increased police presence in the area. A 28-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle hit a light post early Sunday in North York. Toronto Police said officers responded to a crash in the Suntract-Gordon Mackay Rds. area Sunday at 12:15 a.m. after the driver of a Suzuki motorcycle travelling southbound on Suntract lost control and struck a light post. The driver suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they believe there were witnesses to the crash and asked them to contract investigators at 416-808-1900. Hamilton Police are investigating a fatal overnight crash that killed two people on a mountain access road. Police said they responded to a single-vehicle collision Sunday at about 3 a.m. on the central Claremont Access, a busy thoroughfare connecting Hamilton Mountain to the lower city, after a Chevrolet travelling southbound left the road and struck a stone wall. The driver and a passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
Man in hospital after brutal public shooting
A man is in hospital after he was shot while sitting in a parked car in western Sydney last night. The shooting happened in Penrith, NSW Police say, just before 10pm. Emergency services were called to Hickeys Lane on reports of a shooting, where police officers found a man, believed to be in his 20s, with a gunshot wound. 'The man was treated by paramedics for a gunshot wound and was taken to hospital for further treatment,' the police said. 'His injuries are described as non-life threatening.' An investigation into the circumstances of the incident has commenced. A short time later, reports emerged of a burning vehicle in the nearby suburb of Claremont Meadows, which the police believe could be linked to the shooting. 'The fire was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW personnel,' the police said. 'Officers from Nepean Police Area Command have established a crime scene, which will be forensically examined by specialist officers. 'While investigations into both incidents are in their infancy, one line of inquiry being examined is that both incidents are linked.'
CBS News
5 hours ago
- CBS News
Man seriously injured in Streeterville stabbing, Chicago police say
Chicago police said a man was seriously injured in a stabbing in the city's Streeterville neighborhood Friday afternoon. Police said around 1 p.m. a 56-year-old man became involved in an argument with someone who is known to CPD. The suspect pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the man multiple times in his body, then ran away. Police said the 56-year-old was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and was initially listed in serious condition. No further details about the victim were available. No one is currently in custody. An investigation by Chicago police is ongoing. Police have not given out further information about the suspect.
CTV News
7 hours ago
- CTV News
Toronto man arrested for sexual assault in Guelph
A Toronto man has turned himself in after police were told a woman was assaulted while walking her dog in Guelph. The Guelph Police Service said the woman in her 20s was in a west-end park on April 9 when she was approached by an older man. She told police the man started talking to her and then touched her inappropriately. Police said the woman received a text message from the suspect earlier this week after the male was able to find her phone number online. On Thursday, police called the 60-year-old Toronto man and he agreed to turn himself in later that day. He has been charged with sexual assault.
