Woman wanted for two homicides nabbed
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This article was published 30/06/2022 (1223 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A woman who was wanted in two unrelated slayings in Winnipeg, committed months apart, has been arrested.
Leah Carol Clifton, 34, was arrested at a home on the 500 block of Spence Street on June 24. She has been charged two counts of second-degree murder and was detained in custody.
The Winnipeg Police Service homicide unit first accused Clifton — along with two other suspects, Amos Joe Kematch, 27, and Tanisha Caitlin Flett, 26, who were arrested in February and March, respectively — in the killing of Heather Marie Cheyane Beardy, 26. Clifton was named as a suspect in that homicide on March 10.
Beardy was found dead in an apartment on the 400 block of Furby Street on Feb. 2.
On May 19, Doris Lydia Trout, 25, was found dead in a Kennedy Street apartment complex.
Homicide investigators identified two suspects in Trout’s slaying, including Clifton. On June 7, Meagan Leigh Beaulieu, 27, was charged with second-degree murder and two court breaches.
The two slayings were unrelated, but police said Clifton was an acquaintance of both victims. All were involved in the drug subculture.
Police spokeswoman Const. Dani McKinnon said Thursday police waited to announce Clifton’s arrest because investigators had to contact the victims’ families.
“There’s a list of steps and people who have to be contacted, and all of the next-of-kins had not yet been notified,” she said.
“We have to hold off just in case somebody’s out of town or unavailable.”
Clifton was identified as a suspect at a police news conference in mid-June. Const. Claude Chancy appealed for the public’s help and surveillance photos of the alleged killer were released.
Clifton has been convicted of numerous theft charges and breaches of conditions, but no violent offences, court documents show.
While on the lam, Clifton had outstanding charges for possessing property obtained by crime and two breaches of undertakings dating to Jan. 18.
During an August 2016 hearing on charges of break-and-enter theft and theft of a motor vehicle, Clifton was sentenced to 10 months.
Court was told she had been addicted to drugs and alcohol since the age of 13.
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Updated on Thursday, June 30, 2022 1:55 PM CDT: Corrects typo