A Calgary man has been ordered to stand trial for two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman.
Provincial court judge Gerry Meagher made the decision Monday afternoon, ruling there is enough evidence to commit Edward Downey to stand trial.
The case will be back in court Aug. 4 to set a trial date.
Downey has pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Baillie was found dead inside her northwest Calgary home on July 11, 2016, sparking an Alberta-wide Amber Alert for her daughter.
Three days later, the search for Marsman came to a heartbreaking end when Calgary police found her body just outside of the city limits.
Police said they believed Marsman was killed just hours after Baillie.
The hearing began in April with four days of evidence, then continued for a day-and-a-half earlier in May.
Evidence presented in the preliminary inquiry, as well as the identities of witnesses testifying, are protected by a publication ban.
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