Brandon Donelan’s body was found in the Grand Lake area in April 2022. Charges against people accused of killing him were stayed Friday. (RCMP)
Stayed murder charges mean some of the five people will be released from custody while others will remain behind bars on other charges.
The charges were stayed Friday as a result of an error by the Fredericton Police Force, yet to be explained, in one of the murder investigations.
The development means Erica Lea Ann Blyth, Joshua John McIsaac, Devon Mark Hill Hood, Matthew David LeBlanc and Travis James Snowsell won’t go on trial on the allegations involving two homicides.
Blyth and McIsaac were accused of killing Brandon Donelan in 2022. Hood and LeBlanc were being tried separately and were also accused of killing Donelan.
McIsaac was also accused, along with Snowsell, of killing Corey Christopher Markey in Fredericton in 2021.
As Court of King’s Bench Justice Richard Petrie stayed each charge,
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