A Calgary woman charged with the murder of her 78-year-old mother has elected for a trial by judge alone.
Lisa Freihaut is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Irene Carter.
Police said Carter’s body was discovered in her Lethbridge home on Normandy Road South just after 2 p.m. on Jan. 17.
Her death was originally classified as suspicious, but an autopsy later revealed Carter was stabbed to death.
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Freihaut was then arrested on April 22, just weeks after making an emotional public appeal asking the public for help finding her mother’s killer.
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Carter’s death was Lethbridge’s first homicide of 2016.
An investigation determined Freihaut and Carter were involved in a dispute over finances. Police alleged the pair got into a physical altercation which resulted in the senior’s death. It’s believed she was killed on Jan. 13, four days before her body was found.
A preliminary hearing for Freihaut is set for Jan. 26 and 27, 2017.
– With files from Liam Nixon
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