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Jayden and Connor McConnell
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added February 4

Local historian Lawrence Herzog writes The Story of Edmonton's GWG and about how Idling Gets Us Nowhere.

added February 1

A double murder rocked the town of Millet, south of Edmonton, after the bodies of toddlers Jayden and Connor McConnell were discovered in a family bathtub. A woman connected to the home later tried to commit suicide by jumping off an overpass.

added January 28

Lawrence Herzog writes about Edmonton's Great Western Garments Company and Honouring an Edmonton Grandfather of Hockey.

added January 21

Edmonton historian Lawrence Herzog writes about The Capitol Theatre and Fort Edmonton Park at a Crossroads.

added January 16

Edmonton police are under investigation in connection with the city's second homicide of 2010 – the officer-involved shooting of 48-year-old Bernadette Auger.

added January 14

Local historian Lawrence Herzog writes about the 100 Years Towards Permanent and how Edmonton Recognizes Ten Top Urban Designs.

added January 6

Edmonton police are investigating their first homicide case of 2010 after 29-year-old Leslie Ann Talley was found partially-clad and dead on a road in the city's northeast.

added December 31

Edmonton's 2009 murder meter officially rests at 27, the lowest annual total since 2003. One veteran police officer suggested the year's low murder rate was primarily a reflection of the skills of emergency medical workers. Homicide section leaders said the year's high case clearance rate of 67% was the result of innovation in how the city's murders are investigated » full details »

added December 14

Edmonton police have laid a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of 29-year-old Jonathan Blaine Nepoose, the city's 26th homicide of 2009. Nepoose was stabbed in a downtown rooming house during an all-night drinking spree.

added December 12

Mystery surrounded the matter of 21-year-old Melvin Edward Hansen whose body was found in a north-end Edmonton yard after windchill temperatures reached -42C overnight. Police later determined Hansen's death was a homicide.

added November 29

Reports of shots fired brought Edmonton police to a downtown laundromat where they found the body of 23-year-old Robleh Ali Mohamed slumped behind the wheel of his car with a gunshot wound to his head – the city's 25th murder of 2009. Witnesses likened the broad-daylight shooting of the Somali man to a gang-style execution.

added November 25

Police have completed their investigation of what initially looked like Edmonton's latest murder after the bloodied body of a man was found in a north-central alley. The death was later ruled non-criminal.

added November 13

Police continue to investigate Edmonton's 24th homicide of 2009 after 21-year-old Abdulaziz Osman Isse's body was found behind the Beth Israel Synagogue in the city's west end. Church staff found the man lying face down beside a dumpster. He had suffered apparent gunshot injuries.

added November 4

At the time, it was one of Edmonton's most shocking homicides. 83-year-old Lillian Berube was viciously beaten during a robbery inside her Norwood home on August 27th, 1987. She died six days later. Rewards were offered and FBI profilers were brought in ... but the case went cold. Twenty-two years later a DNA match produced a suspect – who was already in jail.

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The Story Of Edmonton's GWG	Double Murder In Millet Jayden and Connor McConnell	Great Western Garments