The RCMP logo is seen outside the force's 'E' division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The RCMP have charged an Alberta man with murder in the death of a young mother 47 years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
COCHRANE, Alta. – RCMP have charged an Alberta man with murder in the death of a young mother 47 years ago.
Pauline Brazeau, a 16-year-old single mother from Saskatchewan, relocated to Calgary in the fall of 1975 with her infant daughter.
Months later, in January 1976, she was seen leaving a Calgary restaurant early in the morning.
RCMP say her body was found west of the city a few hours later.
An autopsy determined it was a homicide and, with the use of advanced DNA technology, police arrested 73-year-old Ronald James Edwards, a resident of Sundre, Alta.
Edwards has been charged with non-capital murder, which was in the Criminal Code at the time of Brazeau’s death.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2023.
