A 30-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in northeast Edmonton earlier this week.
At about 3:45 p.m. Monday, police were called to a stabbing at a home in the area of 35th Street and 122A Avenue.
A 35-year-old man, who police identified as Cody Lyle, was found in medical distress. He was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries, police said in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
An autopsy conducted Tuesday confirmed Lyle died of a stab wound and the manner of his death was homicide.
Jayden Cody Francis Cardinal, 30, has been charged with second-degree murder in Lyle's death.
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