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Woman charged in year-old homicide case

Jarda Harreveld with a photo of her murdered son Mark Albert Harreveld.

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Jarda Harreveld with a photo of her murdered son Mark Albert Harreveld. (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)

WINNIPEG - A 30-year-old woman has been jailed after she was charged on Thursday in connection with the slaying 11 months ago of a man who was beaten to death in Manitoba Housing complex.

Sandra Lane Ross is charged with second degree murder.

She joins Ivan Malachi Anderson, 27, who was charged with second-degree murder at the time of the death on Dec. 13, 2008.
Mark Albert Harreveld, 45, was found beaten to death in his 17th-floor apartment at 185 Smith St.

At the time of the death, a friend of Harreveld told the Free Press a man and woman came to Harreveld’s suite shortly after 1 a.m. to party.

The friend said Harreveld’s girlfriend found his body the next morning.

Friends described Harreveld as a quiet man who kept to himself and never yelled or got angry. He was over six feet tall, husky and "big," and friends say it would have taken quite a struggle to overpower him.

The same friends said Harreveld was part of a group of people in the housing complex who socialized and watched out for each other -- he would lend a cigarette or a cup of sugar if you were low on cash. He moved into the building about 18 months ago, and spent some nights watching TV with his girlfriend.

History

Updated on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM CST:
Two people have now been charged in connection with the homicide of Mark Albert Harreveld. The victim's middle name was incorrect in this story published Saturday.

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