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Fatal Stabbing In Chilliwack, B.C., Nets Second-Degree Murder Charges

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jul, 2017 11:55 AM
    CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Police say two people have been charged with second-degree murder following a fatal street fight in Chilliwack, B.C.
     
     
    Officers were called for reports of a fight late on July 7 and found three people suffering from stab wounds.
     
     
    Two men from Chilliwack, 46-year-old Douglas Presseau and Steven Drage, who was 51, died of their injuries and an unnamed 26-year-old woman was taken to hospital.
     
     
    Police say 34-year-old Kirkland Russell and 29-year-old Victoria Purcell have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in Presseau's death.
     
     
    Cpl. Meghan Foster with the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team says police are still working to find information about Drage's death.
     
     
    Presseau's family says in a statement that his death has "torn a gaping hole" in their hearts and lives.

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