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Police look to speak with 18-year-old man in connection with Ranchlands murder

WATCH ABOVE: Calgary police and Christa Cachene's family are asking anyone who knows anything about her death to come forward.

CALGARY- Police are asking the public to help them track down an 18-year-old Calgary man they want to speak with in connection with a weekend murder in Ranchlands.

On Sunday afternoon, officers were called to a home on Ranchlands Bay N.W. for reports of a suspicious death. Once they got there, police discovered the body of a 26-year-old woman who was later identified as Christa Cachene of Calgary.

Police have identified Calgarian Christa Cachene, 26, as the woman found dead in a Ranchlands Bay home on Oct. 11, 2015. Obtained by Global News

Police say they believe a large party took place at the home on Saturday night and that Cachene was beaten to death early Sunday morning after the party had ended.

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A photo of 18-year-old Isaiah Riel Rider, of Calgary, has been released. Police say they believe Rider was at the party and that he is wanted on a province-wide warrant for assault as well as a Canada-wide warrant for breaching a conditional sentencing order. He is described as being about 6-2 and 155 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.

A GoFundMe account has been set up by family of Cachene to help pay for funeral expenses. You can visit the fundraising site here.

Anyone with information on Rider’s whereabouts is asked to call the Calgary Police Service’s non-emergency line at 403.266.1234 or the Homicide Unit Tip line at 403.428.8877. Tips can also be left anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers.

 

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