EDMONTON – Edmonton detectives have arrested and charged two people with first degree murder in the death of an Edmonton senior.
The body of 67-year-old Lawrence Semeniuk was discovered last June in the Norwood Golden Manor, a seniors assisted living building located at 95 Street and 117 Avenue.
In December, police identified a person of interest in connection to the homicide, releasing the image of a woman taken from a security camera, captured at around the time of the homicide.
That woman has since been identified as 35-year-old Trinna Lynn Sowan. She and 28-year-old Donald Albert Kleppe (aka Donald/Donnie Emberg) were both charged on Monday with first-degree murder and forcible confinement.
Police say Semeniuk and one of the two charged individuals were known to each other.
“This was not a random attack,” said Det. Dave Monson, the lead investigator on the case.
“Mr. Semeniuk was with the two accused in his suite and that one of the accused was an acquaintance of his. There was an altercation which resulted in Mr. Semeniuk being beaten, bound, gagged and died as a result of his injuries.”
Police say Semeniuk was a retired farmer from the Grassland, Alberta area.