Two inmates are facing charges after an assault left another inmate dead at the Drumheller Institution earlier this week.
RCMP were called to the federal prison shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday to a complaint of a stabbing. The victim, later identified as 42-year-old Jason Tremblay, was taken to hospital. He died of his injuries.
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An autopsy on Tuesday confirmed that Tremblay’s cause of death was stab wounds.
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Giovanni James Alexis, 24, and Richard George Paul, 23, are both facing a charge of first-degree murder in Tremblay’s death.
A court date for the two has not been confirmed.
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