Vulcan County man charged with Second Degree Murder; court date to take place in Hanna

On Sept. 17, 2024 at approximately 11:14 a.m., Oyen RCMP were dispatched to a location where clothing and other personal effects were located in a treeline along a rural road.

The matter was deemed suspicious and Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit was dispatched to the area and has taken carriage of the investigation.

Upon further search of the location an adult victim was located deceased. The deceased has been identified as a 28-year-old female resident of Lethbridge, Alta.

RCMP have arrested and charged 61-year-old Garry Dean Brown, a resident of Vulcan County, with Second-degree-murder.

Brown was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for Sept. 25, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Hanna, Alta.