By Canadian Press

CHILD HOMICIDE

Murder charge laid in stabbing of young Edmonton girl

May 21, 2020 | 6:54 AM

EDMONTON- Police have charged a man in the killing of a seven-year-old girl.

David Michael Moss, 34, faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Bella Rose Desrosiers.

Police say Moss had been visiting the girl’s mother on Monday night at her home in the Mill Woods neighbourhood.

They allege the man stabbed the girl in front of her mother and the woman tried to intervene.

She performed life-saving measures on the child until paramedics arrived.

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The girl could not be saved and died at the scene.

(The Canadian Press)