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Preliminary hearing starts for accused in Carol King death

Apr 18, 2017 | 11:14 AM

The man accused of murder in a long-running cold case was in Saskatoon court Tuesday. 

Joseph David Cassie is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Carol King, his ex-girlfriend.

King, 40, went missing near her farm in Herschel, located around 150 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.

She was last seen on Aug. 6, 2011. Four days later, her car was found in a slough just east of her farm.