Calgary cops lay first degree murder charge in woman's slaying

A woman was found dyng in her Calgary home on Sunday. Efforts to save her failed. Now, a 43-year-old man faces first degree murder charge and four kids are in the care of the government.

CALGARY – A 43-year-old man has been charged with first degree murder in the slaying of a woman who died in hospital shortly after being rescued by police and paramedics. Yanrong Cheng, 41, of Calgary, was found in severe medical distress when cops attended a home in the city’s northwest over the weekend. Police said the woman was assaulted at around 4:30 p.m. at a home in the unit-block of Edgehill Drive N.W. on Sunday. Police were called to a report of a collapsed woman. “A woman was found in the residence in medical distress, and was transported to hospital by EMS. She died a short time later in hospital,” said police. An autopsy confirmed she had been killed. Shengjun An, 43, of Calgary, has been charged with first degree murder. The two children, a toddler and a teenager who lived in the home are currently in protective care. An will make his first appearance in Calgary Provincial Court on Tuesday.