Alta. man pleads guilty to 1st-degree murder in deaths of mother, toddler
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The Alberta man accused of first-degree murder in the deaths of a 24-year-old woman and her 16-month-old child is due in court on Monday.
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The Alberta man accused of first-degree murder in the 2021 deaths of a 24-year-old woman and her 16-month-old son has pleaded guilty to both charges.
Robert Keith Major appeared at provincial court in Hinton, more than 250 kilometres west of Edmonton, Monday morning, as did loved ones of Mchale Busch and her son Noah.
According to an agreed statement of facts, on Sept. 16, 2021, Major sexually assaulted and killed Busch by strangling her. He also mutilated her body, removing several of her organs.
The document also states Major killed 16-month-old Noah by suffocating him to stop his crying.
In 2017, police in Edmonton warned the community that Major, a convicted sex offender, was being released and was at risk of offending again.
At the time of Mchale and Noah's deaths, Major was placed under several court-ordered conditions, including a curfew and a ban from being around children.
