In a decision released Tuesday, The Alberta Court of Appeal substituted Ronald Candaele's 2021 second-degree murder conviction with a lesser conviction of manslaughter.
Two men are facing charges in the death of Chelsea Davidenas, a Calgary woman who went missing in February. Her remains were discovered Thursday near Caresland, Alta.
Officers found a man in one of the suites on the fourth floor of the Shawnessy hotel suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. He was declared dead on the scene.
Calgary's police said they believe the city's first homicide of 2024 was a targeted killing. Two other people were injured in the suspected home invasion.