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March 2024

Preliminary hearing scheduled in central Alberta homicide

Jun 12, 2023 | 12:07 PM

A man charged in a central Alberta homicide last year is due to find out next year if his case has enough evidence to go to trial.

Kieran Keith Lightning, 20, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice from March 25-28, 2024.

Lightning is charged with second-degree murder in relation to a homicide on Samson Cree Nation on Sept. 9, 2022.

Mounties identified the deceased as 22-year-old Jordie Buffalo-Crier, a resident of Samson Cree Nation.