RCMP charge two Alberta federal prison inmates with first-degree murder

By Derek Craddock

Posted Aug 8, 2019 5:39 am.

Last Updated Aug 8, 2019 5:44 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

DRUMHELLER – RCMP have charged two inmates with first-degree murder at a federal prison in southern Alberta.

Police said Jason Tremblay, 42, was stabbed on Sunday at the Drumheller Institution and later died of his injuries

Giovanni Alexis, 24, and Richard Paul, 23, have been charged in Tremblay’s death.

A court date has not been confirmed.

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