Lori Ann Heavenfire charged with second-degree murder

Police have charged a woman with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Tyler Sanderson earlier this year.

Family members found Sanderson about 9:15 p.m. on May 15 collapsed in the front yard of a home in the 5500 block of Maddock Dr. N.E. He was rushed to hospital where he later died.

Police believe he had earlier met up with a woman for a drug deal near Memorial Dr. and 52nd St. N.E. and was seriously assaulted.His cause of death is not being released.

Lori Ann Heavenfire, 34, is charged with second-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

It was Calgary's seventh homicide of the year.

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