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Teen charged in 2017 burning vehicle homicide near Drumheller

Police investigate after a body was found inside a burning car near Morrin, Alta. Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Courtesy: Drumheller Online

A teenage girl has been arrested and charged in connection with the homicide of a Calgary man whose body was found in a burning vehicle in a rural area north of Drumheller, Alta., last year.

On Oct. 16, 2017, police were called to a report of a burning vehicle in a rural area south of the village of Morrin. The body of Fazal Rehman, 36, was found inside the vehicle. He also went by the name Afzad Rehman.

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On Oct. 27, RCMP said Dylan Donald Howard, 20, of Munson, Alta., was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Rehman’s death.

On Wednesday, Drumheller RCMP said a 16-year-old girl was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact of murder and attempting to obstruct justice in connection with the case.

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She can’t be named due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The teenager was scheduled to appear in Calgary provincial court Wednesday morning.

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