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Accused in Evanston double murder appears in Calgary court

Police transfer Guevara Wilson Clorina to the Calgary Police Service’s Arrest Processing Unit. Global News

CALGARY – A 26-year-old man accused of killing a Calgary mother and her young son made his first court appearance on Tuesday.

Chona Manzano, 35, and her 5-year-old son Gabriel Manzano were found dead in their Evanston home on May 16th.

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The following day, police charged Guevara Wilson Clorina with two counts of second-degree murder.

Clorina appeared in court via CCTV on Tuesday.

His case has been put over until Monday, to give him time to find a lawyer.

Police have said he is related to the victims, but isn’t an immediate family member, and didn’t live in the same home as them.

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