A man has been charged with first-degree murder the killing of a woman found strangled in her northeast Edmonton apartment more than 26 years ago.
Edmonton police have charged Brayan Boucher, 48, in the December 1996 killing of Joanne Ghostkeeper, 24.
In a statement Thursday, police said a re-examination of DNA evidence last year led to a charge in the historical homicide — a development that investigators hope will provide closure to Ghostkeeper’s family.
Ghostkeeper was found dead on Dec. 25, 1996 inside her apartment at 119th Avenue and 34th Street in the Abbottsfield neighbourhood.
The Cree mother of two from Sucker Creek First Nation, near
