Jury finds Downey guilty of two counts of first degree murder
CALGARY, AB — A man charged with murdering a Calgary mother and her daughter in 2016 was found guilty by a jury on Wednesday.
Edward Downey was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder in connection with the murders of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman.
Downey had been on trial for the past three weeks. It took the jury less than three hours to determine the verdict, according to reporters covering the trial in Calgary.
Baillie was found dead in her home on July 11, 2016, while Marsman was found dead in a wooded area outside of Calgary three days later. During the trial, the jury learned both died from asphyxiation.