Update: McCann family relieved as Vader faces two charges of first-degree murder
Travis Vader tells his lawyer he is relieved to be charged in connection with the slayings of elderly St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann.
Vader, 40, was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder in their deaths, but RCMP did not announce the charges until Monday.
Travis says that hes relieved that now he has an opportunity to face these charges in court, said defence lawyer Daniel Mol. He declined to comment further about the case.
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Interactive map: The disappearance of Lyle and Marie McCann
In July 2010, an elderly Alberta couple was reported missing by their family while en route to southwestern B.C.
Nearly two years later, RCMP arrested and charged Travis Vader, 40, with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann.
The elderly couple was last seen on gas station surveillance camera footage on July 3, 2010.
Days later their motorhome was found, engulfed in flames at a campground.
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Suspect charged in deaths of elderly Alberta couple
RCMP in Alberta have arrested and charged a suspect with murder in the deaths of an elderly couple nearly two years ago.
Edmonton RCMP say Travis Vader was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann.
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Travis Vader charged in McCann deaths
Travis Vader has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, an elderly couple from St. Albert, Alta., who disappeared while on a trip in 2010 and whose bodies have never been found.
RCMP said Vader, who has been a suspect in the deaths since their disappearance, was charged over the weekend and will appear in court on May 15.
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