Charges laid in relation to city’s 7th murder

Posted May 2, 2013 10:22 am.

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A Calgary man has been charged with second degree murder a day after another man was found stabbed to death in a Thorncliffe apartment building.

29-year-old Haden Gidel Didier will make his first court appearance Thursday.

Just before two Wednesday morning, police responded to a 911 call about a disturbance on Travois Place northwest and found the victim, 25-year-old Kurlan Rick Joseph.

Investigators had said the suspect and victim knew each other and lived in the same complex.

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