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Deborah Belyea second-degree murder trial

Blood found in home of Suffield woman accused of killing her husband

Jan 15, 2024 | 2:19 PM

A Medicine Hat courtroom heard blood was found on a cutting board, the stairs and many floors of the residence of Deborah Belyea, who is on trial for the second-degree murder of her husband Alfred.

Const. Melissa Archibault and Cpl. Jacques Neri, forensic specialists with the RCMP, detailed their investigation of the Belyea residence in Suffield in the days after Alfred’s body was found in Piapot, Sask.

A knife was missing from a knife block beside the cutting board where blood was identified. That knife was in the dishwasher in photos shown to court.

The officers also found blood on a handle belonging to a garbage bin found on the concrete porch outside the Belyea residence. Blood was also verified as staining the interior of a Volkswagen Golf, one of the Belyea’s vehicles.

Both officers were walked through a series of questions by the Crown to verify that all the investigation was done through proper and sanitary procedure.

The prosecution also asked the officers about missing limbs, which the body of Alfred was found without.

“Did you locate any arms? Any limbs?” the Crown asked.

“No,” Neri answered.

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