Woman Accused of Killing Mother Makes Brief Court Appearance

LETHBRIDGE – A 28-year old Lethbridge woman charged with second degree murder, made a brief court appearance Thursday morning.

Jessica Lee Ann Praill is accused of killing her mother, after 54-year old Shelley Kristine Praill was fatally stabbed at a north side home on April 28, 2016.

That night around 9:40-pm, police were called to a report that a woman had been stabbed at a home along the 2300 block of 18 Street North. She was found inside the home and sent to the Chinook Regional Hospital, where she died a short time later.

An autopsy confirmed she died as a result of a stab wound.