Loretta Saunders murder accused appear in court

The case of two people charged in the death of Loretta Saunders returned to court in Halifax today.

First-degree murder charges have been laid against 25-year-old Blake Leggette and his 28-year-old girlfriend, Victoria Henneberry.

Legette andHenneberry were brought to the court Wednesday. After a brief discussion, the case was put over until April 22 to set a date for the preliminary inquiry.

Saunders disappeared from Halifax on Feb. 13.

Her body was found nearly two weeks later off the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick.

Police allege the 26-year-old woman was killed the day she was last seen at an apartment she once shared with the two accused.

Saunders, an Inuit woman from Labrador, was a student at Saint Mary's University in Halifax whose studies were focused on missing and murdered aboriginal women.