Facebook photo of Calgary murder victim Chad Kowalchuk. At approximately 5 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2022, emergency crews responded to a house fire in the 100 block of Douglas Ridge Green SE. After the fire was extinguished, a person was found dead in the home. Police have since identified the victim as 53-year-old Chad Kowalchuk. via Facebook

Unsubstantiated child pornography allegations led to the brutal murder of a Calgary man, jurors told

'It became much more sinister. It became a motive for murder,' said Crown prosecutor Vicki Faulkner

by · Calgary Herald

The men who brutally beat to death a Calgary resident during a robbery at his home were acting on false allegations he had child pornography on his computer, jurors were told Monday.

In her opening address to a 14-member Calgary Court of King’s Bench jury, Crown prosecutor Vicki Faulkner detailed the case she and co-council Rebecca Ross expect to call during the course of the five-week trial of three men.