Convicted killer Thomas Svekla was suspect in missing women cases
Thomas Svekla, the man serving a life sentence for killing Theresa Innes in 2006, was a suspect in the disappearance of two women whose remains were found near Leduc last April.
Corrie Renee Ottenbreit, 27, and Delores Dawn Brower, 33, were last seen in 2004. Both women worked in the sex trade in Edmonton
Police announced earlier this year that human remains discovered on April 19 belonged to Brower. This week they revealed that some of the remains also belonged to Ottenbreit.
Ottenbreit was identified through DNA analysis of hair she gave a Project KARE street team in 2003.
The remains of two other women were found within eight kilometres of where Brower and Ottenbreit were discovered.This has led police to suspect they may have been targeted by a serial predator.
"We now go back and look for anyone that may have had an opportunity to either commit the homicide or transport a body," said RCMP Insp. Gibson Glavin.
"Anybody who could have done that would need to be eliminated now and that would include Mr. Svekla
Svekla was arrested in 2006 and convicted in June 2008 of second-degree murder in the death of Innes, an Edmonton sex trade worker.
Svekla was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. He was declared a dangerous offender in May 2010, which means he will remain in prison indefinitely.
