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Calgary police seek family members of man killed in Christmas Day stabbing

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WATCH ABOVE: Calgary police are desperately trying to track down the family of a Calgary man who was killed on Christmas Day, but while they do that we are learning more about what happened. Global’s Jayme Doll reports – Dec 28, 2016

Calgary police are trying to identify and find family members of the victim in a fatal Christmas Day stabbing at a southeast home.

“It is expected this may take several days,” police said in a Wednesday statement. “The victim will not be named until this has been completed.”

READ MORE: Man charged with manslaughter after Christmas Day death in Calgary

At around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Calgary police were called out to the 100 block of Fonda Drive S.E. for reports of a disturbance.

Officers found a man who had been seriously assaulted. The victim was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Morris Stern, 55, was taken into custody at the scene and was later charged with one count of manslaughter, police said.

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WATCH: While the identity of a Christmas Day murder victim is still being withheld by Calgary police, one of the residents of the rooming house the crime occurred in is complaining blood from the scene of killing has not been fully cleaned up. Global’s Gary Bobrovitz reports.

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Residents upset murder scene not cleaned up

Investigators believe the suspect and victim knew each other and had spent the day together before the assault.

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Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

Watch below from Dec. 26: Less than 24 hours after a deadly Christmas Day stabbing, a 55-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter. Global’s Gary Bobrovitz reports.

Click to play video: 'Man charged with manslaughter after deadly Christmas Day stabbing in Calgary'
Man charged with manslaughter after deadly Christmas Day stabbing in Calgary

With files from Global’s Carolyn Kury de Castillo and Gary Bobrovitz

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