Alberta RCMP Lay Second Degree Murder Charge

Alberta RCMP Lay Second Degree Murder Charge

Alberta RCMP
Submitted

Smoky Lake, Alta. –  Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has made an arrest in relation to the Oct. 15, 2021, homicide of Jennifer Degenhardt, (52) of Smoky Lake.

Bernadine Nowlan (56) of Edmonton, Alta., was arrested in Fort Saskatchewan on Oct 22, 2021. Nowlan has been charged with Second Degree Murder.

Bernadine Nowlan and Jennifer Degenhardt were known to one another and this incident is believed to have been isolated and targeted.

Following a judicial hearing, Nowlan was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Fort Saskatchewan Provincial Court on Oct. 28, 2021.

As this matter is now before the courts, no further information can be provided.