By Troy Gillard

Oct. 2018

Suspect in Red Deer kidnapping to stand trial

Nov 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM

A man accused of kidnapping a woman in Red Deer last year is going to trial.

It was shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 when Red Deer RCMP responded to a gas station on 39 Street near 40 Avenue after a witness reported seeing a woman possibly being forced into a vehicle.

Mounties identified a possible victim and one possible suspect and began checking numerous residences and vehicles matching the description of the suspect vehicle throughout the day. The RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) out of Edmonton and the RCMP Emergency Response Team also were also called in.

Shortly after 3 p.m. that afternoon, RCMP received a public tip regarding the location of the suspect and victim and located them at a south hill residence. Police arrested one male suspect and determined that the victim had suffered injuries that did not require hospitalization. A second male suspect was arrested later the same evening.

Both suspects were known to the victim, RCMP said at the time.

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Ernest Frederick Ward, 48, is charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement, assault, sexual assault, uttering threat to cause death or bodily harm, obstructing justice, and two counts of failing to comply with conditions of an undertaking. A trial will take place in Red Deer provincial court June 5-8, 2020.

David Lee Gallinger was charged with kidnapping in relation to the incident but was found not guilty back in April.