Bail hearing set for Lethbridge man accused of killing 9-month-old

The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of nine-month-old Austin Wright appeared in court Monday.

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Tyler Hogan appeared briefly by closed-circuit television (CCTV).

The case was adjourned until Wednesday, when a bail hearing is expected to be held in the Court of Queen’s Bench.

An out of town judge will preside over the hearing as Hogan has family ties to a retired Lethbridge judge.

Watch below: Global’s past coverage of the case

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Wright died in hospital in April after he was found at home suffering cardiac arrest.

An autopsy showed the toddler died of blunt force trauma not consistent with a fall.

Hogan was arrested on July 27.

READ MORE: Lethbridge baby died at 9 months of blunt force trauma ‘not consistent with a fall’