Almost eight months after a senior was killed in southwest Edmonton, her daughter has been charged in the death.
Police went to a home in the Ramsay Heights neighbourhood the morning of Saturday, March 5 at 10:15 a.m., after being asked to do a welfare check.
Upon arrival at the house near Ramsay Crescent and 43 Avenue, officers discovered Dagmar Petersen, 85, dead inside.
Her death was deemed suspicious at the time and homicide investigators took over.
An autopsy was carried out three days later and the cause of death was determined to be blunt force head injury, and the manner of death was homicide.
In an update on Wednesday, police said Vini Buecken, 64, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Police said she was charged on Tuesday and taken into custody. Buecken had her first court appearance Thursday morning.
The lawyer for the accused, Dino Bottos, told Global News Buecken is the daughter of the Petersen.
Bottos said Buecken grew up in Edmonton and said she had a good relationship with her mother. He said her husband and son stand behind the accused.
Edmonton police also confirmed the accused and the victim were known to each other.
Anyone with information can call Edmonton police at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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