RCMP Say Derek Saretzky, Suspect In Alberta Double Murder, Fit To Stand Trial

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Nov, 2015 01:36 PM

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — RCMP say the man accused of killing a two-year-old southwestern Alberta girl and her father has been found fit to stand trial.

Derek Saretzky is charged with first-degree murder in the September deaths of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father Terry Blanchette.

RCMP say the Alberta Crown informed police of the ruling on Wednesday.

Saretzky was initially sent for a 30-day review of his mental health, but last month a judge was told that doctors needed more time for their analysis.

He was arrested in the Crowsnest Pass area after Blanchette's body was found in his Blairmore home.

Saretzky is scheduled to return to a Lethbridge court this morning.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

3 Dead, At Least 15 Injured In Serious Multi-vehicle Crash On Highway 401 At Whitby, Ont.

A man, a woman and a boy died in the pileup and as many as 20 vehicles, including four tractor-trailer trucks, were involved in the collision in the westbound lanes of the highway

3 Dead, At Least 15 Injured In Serious Multi-vehicle Crash On Highway 401 At Whitby, Ont.

Golden Tree Statue Installed In Memory Of 3 Indo-Canadian Farmworkers Killed In Abbotsford Van Crash

31-year-old Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu, 52-year-old Amarjit Kaur Bal and 46-year-old Sukhvider Kaur Punia were killed in March 2007 when a van struck a concrete median on Highway 1 near Abbotsford

Golden Tree Statue Installed In Memory Of 3 Indo-Canadian Farmworkers Killed In Abbotsford Van Crash

Howard Richmond, Ontario Soldier Who Killed His Wife Not Criminally Responsible For Murder: Defence

The trial of a Canadian soldier who killed his wife, but says he's not criminally responsible, heard from a restaurant employee Friday who spotted the victim's vehicle after she was reported missing.

Howard Richmond, Ontario Soldier Who Killed His Wife Not Criminally Responsible For Murder: Defence

TPP: Negotiators Close In On Auto Deal, Approaching 12-Country Trade Pact

Details have filtered out to stakeholder groups gathered in Atlanta for negotiations toward a 12-country trade pact.

TPP: Negotiators Close In On Auto Deal, Approaching 12-Country Trade Pact

Northern Gateway Talks Excluded Question Of First Nations' Governance Rights

Lawyer Cheryl Sharvit says the Nadleh Whut'en and Nak'azdli are not asserting the right to veto resource projects on traditional territories in British Columbia's Central Interior.