By Sheldon Spackman

Ryan Jake Applegarth Charged

New preliminary hearing dates set in Ponoka homicide

Nov 23, 2021 | 10:12 AM

New dates for a preliminary hearing have been set for next year for a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman in Ponoka last year.

Ryan Jake Applegarth, 29, will find out if his case has enough evidence to go to trial following that hearing, which is scheduled for Mar. 16-17, 2022. It was previously scheduled for this month.

It was on Nov. 5, 2020 when RCMP, along with EMS, responded to a 911 call for an injured female at a residential complex in Ponoka.

Chantelle Firingstoney, 26, a resident of Ponoka, was found deceased.

The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation, and following an autopsy, determined the cause of death to be homicide.

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Applegarth is also scheduled for trial in February of next year regarding the death of a 34-year-old man in Wetaskiwin in January 2020.

Applegarth is charged with first-degree murder in that case.