Supreme Court OKs extradition of 2 men to face cold case murder charges

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for two Qmen to be extradited to New Hampshire to face trial in a decades-old double murder.

Anthony Barnaby and David Caplin are wanted by American authorities in a renewed investigation into the 1988 killings of Charlene Ranstrom and Brenda Warner.

Barnaby was tried three times in the killings, but each trial ended in a hung jury and charges were dismissed after the third mistrial.

The Quebec Court of Appeal blocked his extradition, saying a fourth trial was an abuse of the system, but approved the extradition of Caplin, who was charged but never tried after key evidence was ordered excluded.

The investigation was re-opened in 2010 when new DNA testing was used and the extradition case started in 2011.

The Supreme Court justices ruled from the bench after a brief hearing, but did not make the reasons for their decision immediately available.