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Calgary Police make arrest in 2001 homicide

Apr 18, 2017 | 1:55 PM

CALGARY — The Calgary Police Service have arrested and charged a man in connection with a 16 year old unsolved murder.

Terrance Lane Wardale, 61, was arrested on April 13 and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the 2001 murder of Paul Hepher.

Hepher, 50, was found dead in the basement suite of a home on 19 Avenue NW on March 4. According to an autopsy, he was found dead from a shooting.

Police did a thorough examination of the basement suite and identified numerous pieces of forensic evidence, but did not identify any suspects.

Three homicide operations took place since the death of Hepher in hopes of identifying suspects and obtaining evidence to link the suspects to the scene. In early 2014, evidence was obtained and submitted to the lab for further examination. On May 21, 2014, the RCMP Crime Lab confirmed a match to some of the forensic evidence left at the scene. Wardale was found 22 months later in Sherwood Park.

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Investigators believe that the suspect and victim were known to one another, and that the victim was targeted for financial reasons. Hepher, an amateur musician, had no criminal history.

Wardale made his first court appearance on Tuesday.