'She was all I wanted in life': Father of murdered toddler speaks at sentencing hearing for Kaela Mehl
‘She was all I wanted in life’: Father of murdered toddler speaks at sentencing hearing for Kaela MehlKaela Mehl is seen leaving court during a 2017 first-degree murder trial in the death of her infant daughter.
The first-degree murder charge was later overturned after Mehl’s new counsel successfully argued in the B.C. Court of Appeal in 2021 that her original lawyers failed to give her a reasonable defence and that a juror was biased toward Mehl’s ex-husband. Charlotte’s murder came after a very hostile divorce between Mehl and Cunningham where Mehl believed, with no evidence, Cunningham and his family were abusing alcohol around Charlotte.
Charlotte’s aunt tearfully noted that Charlotte would be turning nine soon if she wasn’t murdered, adding she still doesn’t know how she’ll explain to her own children how their cousin died.
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