Murder charge laid in death of Calgary woman found in backyard

CALGARY - A charge of first-degree murder has been laid in the death of a 31-year-old woman in Calgary.

The body of Dawns Echoes Baptiste was found Thursday afternoon in a yard in the city's northeast.

Police say Baptiste met a suspect last Wednesday, and the two spent the evening going to various areas of the city by light-rail transit.

They say the pair got off the train just before midnight and walked into a nearby neighbourhood where there was an altercation.

It's alleged Baptiste was assaulted, then dragged into a nearby yard and sexually assaulted before she died of her injuries.

Curtis Jade Tyson Healy, who is 25, will appear in court Tuesday after he was arrested and charged on the weekend.

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  Police are asking for public help in determining the activities of homicide victim Dawns Baptiste in the weeks prior to her death.