RCMP have laid murder charges against Derek Saretzky, the man accused of killing little Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father, Terry Blanchette in Blair

Early Monday September 14th, Terry Blanchette, 27, was killed in his home and his daughter Hailey was abducted and taken away in a speeding white van.

RCMP confirmed that information they received led them to Hailey’s body in a rural area near Blairmore on Tuesday September 15th.

Haley’s mother Cheyenne Dunbar, said she was not aware that Blanchette and Saretsky were acquainted. She and Blanchette are no longer together, and shared custody of Hailey. Dunbar, said she used to be friends Saretsky, but she has not spoken to him for three years, and their relationship was never physical .

Update August 11th 2017

Derek Saretzky, has been convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Terry Blanchette, his daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and 69-year-old Hanne Meketech. Saretzky is also serving 5 years for causing an indignity to the little girl’s body.