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Joshua Burgess to stand trial in 2018 for wife Shannon Madill’s murder

Shannon Madilll and her husband, Joshua Burgess. Global News

A trial date has been set for a Calgary man accused of killing his wife.

The trial for Joshua Burgess by judge and jury is scheduled to last three weeks beginning Feb. 20, 2018.

READ MORE: ‘My heart has a little dark dead area’ – mother of Calgary woman allegedly killed by husband

In August, Burgess consented to stand trial for the second-degree murder Shannon Madill (Burgess), who was reported missing in late November 2014.

For seven months, her family held out hope she’d return. Instead, her body was found at the home the couple shared on Spiller Road S.E.

READ MORE: Family of Shannon Burgess ‘relieved that Shannon has been found’

Madill was an artist, actress, musician and photographer.

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