Two more men charged in 2015 homicide

Posted Jul 8, 2016 10:55 am.

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Calgary police have arrested two men in relation to a 2015 murder case.

On September 14, police were called to the Banff Trail Motel in the 2100 block of 16 Avenue N.W.

Inside one of the motel’s rooms, officers found the body of Christian Jovanovic, 41.

His death was considered a homicide, and police arrested Martin Allan Rangers, 35 and charged him with one count of second-degree murder.

On Friday, police announced that two more men, Lee Sheldon Kelner, 33, and Jason Edward Harwood, 43, have also been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the case.

Jovanovic was Calgary’s 20th murder victim of 2015.

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