2 men plead guilty to indignity to a human body in death of Edmonton girl, 8

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Two men pleaded guilty in connection to the death of an Edmonton girl two years ago.
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Two men have pleaded guilty to indignity to a body in the death of an eight-year-old Edmonton girl two years ago.
The girl's remains were found in Maskwacis in April 2023.
According to an agreed statement of facts, the girl was living in an Edmonton apartment.
The documents say the girl suffered a fatal head injury on April 22, 2023.
According to the court documents, the girl's body was put in a hockey bag.
The bag was placed in the trunk of a car and transported to Maskwacis.
On April 28, 2023, RCMP discovered the hockey bag with the girl's body still inside in the bed of an inoperable truck.
The girl was identified using DNA.
On Friday, court heard victim impact statements from several people, including the girl's grandmother and father.
'My family [is] broken. I keep thinking of how she would be today,' the girl's grandmother said.
'I think of what she must have went through and it haunts me every time.'
'This horrendous tragedy led me down a dark, cold road,' the girl's father wrote, in a statement read by the grandmother.
'[It] brought me to a place where love don't exist and everyone is an enemy.'
In a joint submission, the defence and Crown asked for a two to three year sentence.
Both men were sentenced to two years and nine months.
With credit for time served, they will not serve any more time.
Another man who is charged with accessory to murder and indignity to a body, will be back in court on July 18.
A woman was charged with first-degree murder and indignity to a body.
Her charges are still before the court.
A publication ban prevents CTV News Edmonton from naming the victim or any of the people charged in the case.
With files from CTV News Edmonton's Amanda Anderson