Crown intends to seek adult sentence in Calgary cold case homicide
Posted March 8, 2021 12:01 pm.
Last Updated March 8, 2021 12:02 pm.
CALGARY – The Crown said it intends to seek an adult sentence if a suspect in a cold case killing in Calgary 13 years ago is convicted.
The Edmonton man appeared in court on closed-circuit TV Monday and the matter was adjourned until April 15.
Police said the accused was 16 when the body of Tara-Anne Landgraf was discovered by a passerby in August 2007.
They said unidentified male DNA was recovered at the scene and advances in forensic science helped investigators make an arrest.
Police said the 37-year-old woman was stabbed and sexually assaulted in what appeared to be a random attack.
The accused, who is now 28, is charged with first-degree murder and can’t be identified because he was a youth at the time.