A 17-year-old girl died Saturday afternoon, succumbing to multiple stab wounds she suffered in a St. Albert, Alta., home nearly two days earlier, RCMP say.
Kaj Randall, 28, is charged with first-degree murder in the teenager’s death following an earlier attempted murder charge after the 17-year old and another 13-year-old girl were stabbed Thursday night.
Around 10 p.m. Thursday, St. Albert RCMP were dispatched to a home in St. Albert’s Riverside neighbourhood, just northwest of Edmonton, after receiving a complaint of an assault. Inside, officers found two teenage girls with multiple stab wounds, police say.
Paramedics responded and sent the girls to hospital, police say. When RCMP released an update on the case Friday afternoon, only one of them was in critical condition.
Randall, who was known to the victims, was wanted for attempted murder in connection to the incident, police say. Members of the RCMP major crimes unit arrested him in Edmonton early Saturday morning, and he was remanded into custody after a bail hearing.
Late Saturday afternoon, the 17-year-old girl died in hospital from her injuries, police say. An Alberta RCMP spokesperson could not confirm the identity of the deceased due to privacy.
The charges against Randall were upgraded to first-degree murder, police say. According to the Criminal Code of Canada, murder is first degree when it is planned and deliberate — although there are other contexts that would lead to first-degree murder, such as the killing of a peace officer.
The RCMP spokesperson confirmed Randall is still charged with attempted murder in connection to the assault on the 13-year-old girl — although there are other charges associated with the incident.
Randall is scheduled to next appear in court in St. Albert Monday.