Calgary Double Murder Trial

• Medical examiner describes deaths of Jasmine Lovett, Aliyah Sanderson at Calgary murder trial

  Jasmine Lovett and 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson were reported missing in April 2019. The next month, their bodies were found buried in a day use area in Kananaskis Country.

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  Oct 15, 2021
  
• Edward Downey sentenced to life in prison, no parole for 50 years for killing Calgary mother and daughter

  Queen’s Bench Justice Beth Hughes called Downey "callous and remorseless" in passing her sentence on Tuesday.

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  May 21, 2019
  
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• Tearful victim impact statements presented at Downey sentencing: ‘I never got to say goodbye’

  Edward Downey is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman.

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  Mar 8, 2019
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• Edward Downey found guilty of killing Calgary mother and daughter

  For three-and-a-half weeks, jurors have been presented with graphic details of the deaths of Calgary mother Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman.

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  Dec 19, 2018
• Jurors hear closing arguments in trial of Edward Downey, accused of killing Calgary mother, daughter

  Jurors heard closing arguments from the prosecution and defence Monday in the double-murder trial of Edward Downey.

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  Dec 17, 2018
• Accused double-murderer repeatedly denies involvement in deaths of Calgary mother, daughter

  The jury was told they will return Monday, Dec. 17 to hear closing arguments from both the Crown and defence.

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  Dec 13, 2018
• Accused double-murderer Edward Downey denies killing Calgary mother and daughter

  Edward Downey’s defence lawyer told jurors “nobody intended to kill Sara Baillie” and said his client did not go to her home alone on July 11, 2016.

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  Dec 12, 2018
• Crown evidence finishes with officer tracking Edward Downey’s phone history in Calgary double-murder trial

  An expert tech crimes officer with the Calgary Police Service will continue his testimony Tuesday in the double-murder trial of Edward Downey.

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  Dec 11, 2018
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• Conversations extracted from accused double-murderer’s phone detailed in Calgary trial

  Const. Ian Whiffin detailed conversations he extracted from Edward Downey’s Blackberry when he was arrested July 13, 2016.

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  Dec 10, 2018
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• Fatal injuries of mother and daughter detailed in double murder trial of Edward Downey

  Family members of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman broke down as details of the injuries they suffered were detailed in court by an expert forensic pathologist. 

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  Dec 3, 2018