‘Waited so long:’ Quebec man charged in Alberta woman’s death 16 years ago
AIRDRIE, Alta. — Friends of an Alberta woman slain 16 years ago say they had lost virtually all hope police would solve the case.
But RCMP announced Monday they have charged Stephane Parent, 49, with second-degree murder in the death of Adrienne McColl.
McColl was 21 when she was reported missing around Valentine’s Day 2002. Her remains were discovered three days later by a rancher tending to his cattle near Nanton, 85 kilometres south of Calgary.
Parent, who friends say was McColl’s boyfriend, was arrested in Gatineau, Que., on Saturday — 16 years to the day since McColl’s body was found.