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In a news release issued Thursday, Regina police said Brittney Catherine Emma Burghardt, 26, and Justin Noah Paul Anderson, 24, were arrested one day earlier. Burghardt is charged with second-degree murder, while Anderson is charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Both are also charged with forcible confinement.
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Man and woman charged in death of two-year-old girl in Regina Back to video
The toddler, 35 months old, was taken to hospital on June 9. At approximately 10:30 a.m. that day, officers went to a residence on the 2300 block of Retallack Street to assist other emergency responders. Fire crews, several police vehicles and paramedics were visible on scene that morning.. Police said at the time emergency services were responding to a call that the girl had been seriously injured when she fell down a set of stairs. EMS transported the girl to hospital, but she was subsequently was air-transported to hospital in Saskatoon and died on June 13.