Investigation continues after arrests in multiple homicide case
Police said Wednesday CALGARY they are continuing to investigate a quadruple homicide and are asking for anyone with information to come forward after they laid firstdegree murder charges Tuesday against two people in the case.
Glynnis Fox, 36; Cody Pfeiffer, 25; and Tiffany Ear, 39, were found dead in a burning car northwest of Calgary on July 10, and Hanock Afowerk, 26, was found two days later near Highway 22 and Highway 8.
Yu Chieh Liao, who goes by Diana Liao, and Tewodros Mutugeta Kebede have each been charged with one count of first-degree murder in Afowerk’s death.
The pair also face three counts each of accessory after the fact to murder in the deaths of Fox, Pfeiffer and Ear.
Acting Insp. Paul Wozney said the investigative theories being considered in this case have shifted in the last three months.
“We are now of the belief ... that these people are all known to one another,” Wozney said.
At a Wednesday news conference, police were careful not to repeat, as they had previously, that some of the victims may have simply “been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“All six of these people — the four victims and the two accused — were known to one another,” Wozney said.
“The exact nature of those roles, I can’t comment on at this particular time.”
Wozney did credit the assistance of the Toronto police guns and gangs unit for helping the investigation.
And police again asked for information from the public.
Police are specifically assuring anyone with information who might be afraid to come forward that they will receive assistance.
“If you’re scared, if you feel intimidated, we would be able to provide you with assistance,” said Wozney.
Both Liao, 24, and Kebede, 25, appeared separately in provincial court Wednesday and had their cases adjourned to Nov. 2.
A cousin of victim Cody Pfeiffer, Dennis Hillareguy, said he was happy to hear police took suspects into custody, but he added it’s “kind of sad” that the first-degree murder charges are only in one of the four deaths.
“It sure would be nice to get some closure and get those people off the street,” he said.