By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on May 4, 2022.
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The date for a preliminary hearing on second-degree murder charges could be determined by the end of this month, Medicine Hat Provincial Court in heard Tuesday. Suffield woman Deborah Belyea accused of killing her husband, Alfred, last October and hiding his body as the RCMP launched a missing persons case on the Thanksgiving weekend for the Cypress County councillor. Belyea’s attorney, Katerine Beyak, told court on Tuesday that a pre-hearing conference is scheduled with prosecutors on May 30. She asked the matter return to provincial court on May 31 to schedule potential trial dates. Belyea, who is in custody, has not yet entered a plea in the homicide case or an additional charge of performing an indignity to human remains. A preliminary hearing is held to determine if the case should proceed to trial. Crown prosecutors had no objections to the adjournment to May 31. 8