EDMONTON – A woman found dead after a huge explosion in Edmonton last June had been strangled by her husband, and someone had tampered with a gas line, Edmonton police said Tuesday.
After nearly a year, Edmonton police are releasing a final report Tuesday into the June 20, 2010, explosion that killed Cathie Heard, 47, and three men: Dwayne Poirier, 46, Craig Donald Huber, 29, and Bradley Warren Winter, 26.
Police say Heard, who lived at the home where the blast originated, had been strangled by Poirier, her common-law husband.
Heard, Huber and Winter’s deaths were ruled homicides, but Poirier’s death is not considered criminal.
Huber and Winter lived in the house next door.
Investigations revealed that natural gas built up at the home shared by Poirier and Heard due to someone altering the natural gas line prior to the blast.
The explosion caused an estimated $3.5 million in damage to 40 properties.
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