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Preliminary Hearing Set, Not Guilty Plea Entered In Mother And Daughter Murder

The Canadian Press, 15 Sep, 2016 11:11 AM
    CALGARY — A not guilty plea has been entered for the man charged in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter.
     
    Edward Downey faces two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Sara Baillie and her daughter Taliyah Marsman.
     
    His lawyer Gavin Wolch entered the plea on Downey's behalf and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for Aug. 14 to 25, 2017.
     
    Baillie, who was 34, was discovered dead in her northwest Calgary home on July 11.
     
    Her daughter's body was found a few days later in a rural area east of the city.
     
    Downey is in custody, but was excused from having to appear in court Thursday.

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