Jury chosen for Alberta man accused of killing dad, daughter, woman, in 2015

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The jury has been selected in the trial of an Alberta man accused of killing three people.

Derek Saretzky is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Terry Blanchette, who was 27, his two-year-old daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and 69-year-old Hanne Meketech.

Saretzky, who is 24, is also charged with committing an indignity to a human body in relation to Meketech’s death.

Seven women and seven men will form the jury when the trial begins June 7 in Lethbridge, but only 12 will render a verdict.