By Canadian Press

Jury chosen for Alberta man accused of killing dad, daughter, woman, in 2015

May 25, 2017 | 12:15 PM

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The jury has been selected in the trial of an Alberta man accused of killing three people.

Derek Saretzky is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Terry Blanchette, who was 27, his two-year-old daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and 69-year-old Hanne Meketech.

Saretzky, who is 24, is also charged with committing an indignity to a human body in relation to Meketech’s death.

Seven women and seven men will form the jury when the trial begins June 7 in Lethbridge, but only 12 will render a verdict.

Saretzky was arrested and charged shortly after Blanchette’s body was found in his home in Blairmore, Alta., on Sept. 14, 2015.

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An Amber Alert was issued for Hailey, whose remains were discovered in a remote rural area a few days later.

In April 2016, Saretzky was charged with Meketech’s death. She died five days before the others.

(Lethbridge News Now)

 

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