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A number of days ago an amber alert was issued for a missing two year old girl in Alberta. The first sign that things were probably not going to end well was that her father was found murdered in his home. She was abducted.
An acquaintance of the girl's mother has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of doing an indignity to a human body.
Both victims were stabbed to death
The town is absolutely devastated.
Article here:
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/15/hai...rt-still-active
Quote:
RCMP have laid murder charges against the Blairmore man accused of killing little Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father, Terry Blanchette.
Derek Saretzky , a Crowsnest Pass resident employed at a family owned dry cleaning business, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He is also charged with one count of committing an indignity to a human body in relation to Hailey's death.
He will appear in a Lethbridge courtroom on Sept. 23 at 9:30 a.m.
Missing since Monday and the subject of a frantic, western-Canada-wide search, Hailey's death was confirmed by RCMP Tuesday evening.
“It is my very sad duty tonight to inform you we have found the body of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette in a rural location near Blairmore,” RCMP Superintendent Tony Hamori said at a press conference.
The body was found during a police search Tuesday afternoon.
RCMP earlier confirmed a man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the case.
Cheyenne Dunbar, Hailey’s mother, knows the suspect. She told media Wednesday they had been friends "years ago," but denied ever having been involved with him beyond friendship.
Mounties earlier said they located a white van they believe left the scene of the crime where they found Hailey’s 27-year-old father dead early Monday while arresting the suspect.
Hamori wouldn’t say what led to the arrest, but added police were canvassing neighbourhoods and following up tips.
Family members say Blanchette had split from Dunbar, and had shared custody of the girl, who was to have been returned to her mom on Sunday after spending time with her dad.
When asked if police are looking into any possible links to Dunbar, Hamori said everything is under investigation.
On Monday, her father, Kevin Dunbar, dismissed that possibility as ridiculous.
“She was in Edmonton when all of this happened,” he said.
Mounties wouldn’t say if they believed the slain Terry Blanchette knew the suspect, whose name wasn’t given Tuesday to protect the investigation, they said.
At the Pure Country Grill and Pub in the Crowsnest Pass, Terry Blanchette’s co-workers were greeting the arrest and Hailey’s continued absence with a sense of foreboding.
“I think it’s wonderful they made an arrest but none of us are doing very good,” said a woman staffer, who wouldn’t give her name.
The woman, who said she knew both Terry and Hailey, added “nobody has any clue whatsoever why this would happen...Terry’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”
Worth mentioning is that the (deceased) father had a record of past run ins with the police (for petty, minor things) but nothing in the last few years since he had his daughter.
An acquaintance of the girl's mother has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of doing an indignity to a human body.
Both victims were stabbed to death
The town is absolutely devastated.
Article here:
http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/15/hai...rt-still-active
Quote:
RCMP have laid murder charges against the Blairmore man accused of killing little Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father, Terry Blanchette.
Derek Saretzky , a Crowsnest Pass resident employed at a family owned dry cleaning business, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He is also charged with one count of committing an indignity to a human body in relation to Hailey's death.
He will appear in a Lethbridge courtroom on Sept. 23 at 9:30 a.m.
Missing since Monday and the subject of a frantic, western-Canada-wide search, Hailey's death was confirmed by RCMP Tuesday evening.
“It is my very sad duty tonight to inform you we have found the body of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette in a rural location near Blairmore,” RCMP Superintendent Tony Hamori said at a press conference.
The body was found during a police search Tuesday afternoon.
RCMP earlier confirmed a man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the case.
Cheyenne Dunbar, Hailey’s mother, knows the suspect. She told media Wednesday they had been friends "years ago," but denied ever having been involved with him beyond friendship.
Mounties earlier said they located a white van they believe left the scene of the crime where they found Hailey’s 27-year-old father dead early Monday while arresting the suspect.
Hamori wouldn’t say what led to the arrest, but added police were canvassing neighbourhoods and following up tips.
Family members say Blanchette had split from Dunbar, and had shared custody of the girl, who was to have been returned to her mom on Sunday after spending time with her dad.
When asked if police are looking into any possible links to Dunbar, Hamori said everything is under investigation.
On Monday, her father, Kevin Dunbar, dismissed that possibility as ridiculous.
“She was in Edmonton when all of this happened,” he said.
Mounties wouldn’t say if they believed the slain Terry Blanchette knew the suspect, whose name wasn’t given Tuesday to protect the investigation, they said.
At the Pure Country Grill and Pub in the Crowsnest Pass, Terry Blanchette’s co-workers were greeting the arrest and Hailey’s continued absence with a sense of foreboding.
“I think it’s wonderful they made an arrest but none of us are doing very good,” said a woman staffer, who wouldn’t give her name.
The woman, who said she knew both Terry and Hailey, added “nobody has any clue whatsoever why this would happen...Terry’s one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”
Worth mentioning is that the (deceased) father had a record of past run ins with the police (for petty, minor things) but nothing in the last few years since he had his daughter.
