Police charge third person in 2015 homicide of Deng Tong

The Edmonton Police Service Homicide Section has laid first-degree murder charges against a third man in relation to the stabbing death of Deng Mathew Garang Tong, 23, of Edmonton.

On Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the EPS responded to a weapons complaint in the area of 102 Street and 107 Avenue where they found two males suffering from stab wounds.

Further information directed patrol officers one block away to an apartment at 103 Street and 107 Avenue, where they discovered Tong, a third male, suffering from stab wounds.

EMS treated and transported the 23-year-old male to hospital where he died. Police believe the two incidents were related.

Clinton Robert Kailek, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder (x3) and aggravated assault (x3).

Billy Joe Nelson, 37, and Tyler Strathdee, 27, were also charged in relation to this homicide last month (Mar. 2016).

This was Edmonton’s third homicide of 2015. 

Homicide Section continues to investigate.

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