SARNIA, Ont. – Two suspects in the death of a kindergarten teacher from Sarnia, Ont., are headed straight to trial.
Michael MacGregor, 20, and Tanya Bogdanovich, 32, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Noelle Paquette.
Paquette’s body was found in January 2013 in a woodlot southeast of Sarnia one day after she went missing after leaving a New Year’s Eve party.
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Bogdanovich’s lawyer says the Crown is now proceeding by direct indictment, which allows the prosecution to bypass a preliminary inquiry – a hearing normally held to determine if there is enough evidence to commit an accused to trial.
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The pair has mostly made brief video court appearances until now and even with the direct indictment a trial is still unlikely to happen soon.
MacGregor and Bogdanovich are set to appear next month in Superior Court in Sarnia.
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