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Trial for triple-murder suspect Derek Saretzky to begin in May 2017

WATCH ABOVE: Derek Saretzky, the accused of murdering three people in the Crowsnest Pass was in court Monday. Quinn Campbell reports – Jun 13, 2016

Derek Saretzky, the man accused of killing two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father, Terry Blanchette, will face an eight-week trial before a judge and jury.

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On Monday, a judge in Lethbridge set the trial’s start date for May 8, 2017.

Terry Blanchette, 27, was found dead inside his home in Blairmore, Alta. on Sept. 14, 2015. Blanchette’s two-year-old daughter, Hailey, was missing from the home, prompting an Amber Alert. The next day, RCMP found Hailey’s remains in a rural area.

Saretzky was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths last September.

In April, police added a third first-degree murder charge against Saretzky in the slaying of Hanne Meketech, whose death occurred five days before the others.

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READ MORE: Accused Blairmore double murderer Derek Saretzky now charged with killing Alberta woman

Meketech, 69, was found dead in her home in the community of Coleman on Sept. 9, 2015.

An autopsy confirmed Meketech’s death was a homicide, but her cause of death was never released.

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Global News later confirmed that Meketech lived next door to Saretzky’s grandparents.

READ MORE: Timeline – Murders of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, Terry Blanchette and Hanna Meketch

– With files from Global News

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