Murder charges laid in Lethbridge double homicide

Posted May 15, 2012 4:21 pm.

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Murder charges have been laid against a Lethbridge man following the weekend’s double homicide in that city.

Police say the deaths of 35-year-old Marty Leon Steele and 30-year-old Aaron Louis Thacker were drug related.

Early Sunday morning, the two were found stabbed to death in the Adam’s Ice Centre Park, near a walking path.

28-year-old Cody Blue Favel has been charged with two counts of second degree murder along with robbery and weapons related offences.

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