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Smeltzer, 27, of Bayside, N.S., was first arrested in October 2018 after the young mother’s body was found in a cornfield in Lancaster. Maheu was just 26 when she was reported missing by her friends and family on Oct. 11, and was found two days later.
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Smeltzer was immediately a person of interest in the case, but was only arrested after he confessed to the killing about a week later.
“I find the Crown has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused committed first-degree murder,” Judge Laurie Lacelle said on Monday morning over Zoom.
Smeltzer guilty of first-degree murder of Emilie Maheu
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