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Loved ones want justice: Two years later, nobody is charged in these sisters' deaths

Family and friends of twosisters, Tiffany Ear and Glynnis Fox, from Stoney Nakoda Nation, gathered in the lobby of Calgary's courthouse on Monday to honour their memories and demand justice.

Two people are on trial right now, charged with accessory to murder after the fact

Cynthia Hunter is the aunt of slain sisters Glynnis Fox and Tiffany Ear. (CBC)

Family and friends of twosisters, Tiffany Ear and Glynnis Fox, from Stoney NakodaFirst Nation, gathered in the lobby of Calgary's courthouse on Monday to honour their memories and demand justice.

While two people are on trial right now and charged with accessory to murder after the fact, nobody has been charged in the siblings' deaths.

TewodrosMutugetaKebede, 27, and YuChiehLiao, 27, are each charged with first-degree murder in the deathofHanockAfowerk, 26, but are charged only with accessory to murder after the fact for the deaths of Ear, 39, and Fox, 36.

Photos of Glynnis Fox, left, and Tiffany Ear are displayed on a poster in the Calgary courthouse on Monday. (CBC)

In the quadruple murder,Afowerk was kidnapped, held for ransom, tortured and shot.

Ear, Fox and a man, Cody Pfeiffer, were fatally shot "to eliminate witnesses," according to Crown prosecutors during thefirst-degree murder trial.

Liao has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the killings of Pfeiffer, Ear and Fox, and Kebede has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the slaying of Pfeiffer, whom the jury heard was present when Afowerk was killed and his body dumped.

The remains of Pfeiffer, Ear and Fox were found on July 10, 2017, in a burned-out Chevy Cruze belonging to Afowerk,at a suburban Calgary construction site.

"We wanted to know how they died. They won't disclose it because they're on trial," said Cynthia Hunter, the sisters' aunt.

"It was a horrible death and our community can't get over it."

Hunter saidthe family is requesting more people come forward if they know of any information aboutwhat happened to the sisters because she believes someone out there has answers.

Loved ones of Glynnis Fox and Tiffany Ear drum and sing to honour the slain sisters in front of the Calgary Courts Centre on Monday. (CBC)

"They were executed, and as a native woman standing here, I have no way to express my feelings but to cry. We waited two years and we never got the justice that we need to move on," said Hunter.

Together, Ear and Fox left behind 16 children.

Ear's first-born son, Kane Lightning, 24, said he's hoping for justice.

"It's hard to wake up every day and remind ourselves that they're gone," Lightning said.

The two sisters left behind 16 children. (CBC)

He said that while he's angry, he doesn't see this as the time for anger.

"I've been telling most of my siblings and everybody [to] move forward. You know, go to school, finish. It's what our parents would want, to at least succeed in life."

The prosecution is expected to close its case on Tuesday.

With files from Elissa Carpenter, Natalie Valleau and Sarah Rieger