Police have made two arrests in a 2010 double-homicide outside of Cranbrook that took the lives of two innocent bystanders.
Colin Raymond Correia, 41, and Sheldon Joseph Hunter, 30, were arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder.Both are former residents of Cranbrook and known to authorities, according to RCMP.
Correia was arrested on June 9th in Edmonton and Hunter was arrested a day later in Drumheller.
Police were called to a shooting at a rural residence outside Cranbrook on May 29, where officers found a dead woman and a man in critical condition who later died of his injuries. RCMP say there were early indications that it was a targeted incident, but the victims — Leanne Laura MacFarlane and Jeffrey Todd Taylor — were not the intended targets.
“The murders of Jeff and Leanne were tragic and their deaths deeply impacted the lives of their family members,” says Sgt. Jason Smart, Southeast District Major Crime Unit. “The core group of investigators dedicated to this file would like to thank those family members for their persistence, understanding, patience and courage throughout the last eight years.”
