A Crown prosecutor says a man should be found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his 19-month-old son whose lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church.

After a two-year investigation, a 25-year-old Edmonton man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of his six-month-old boy.

Brandon Calahoo was sentenced to a further two years in jail and three years' probation on Friday after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death of a two-month-old baby.

The little girl’s death is one of 42 homicides that occurred in 2016, according to police.

A 31-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with second-degree murder after an 11-day-old baby died from a lethal dose of methamphetamine, police said on Thursday afternoon.