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Man charged with first-degree murder, sexual assault in Alberta toddler’s death

Police say they’ve charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of a two-year-old boy in southern Alberta.

MEDICINE HAT — Police say they’ve charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of a two-year-old boy in southern Alberta.

Tjaye (TEE’-jay) William Heller of Medicine Hat is also charged with sexual assault, sexual interference and interference with a dead body.

The child died Tuesday.

Autopsy results aren’t yet available, but police have said he suffered head trauma.

The boy was in the care of a man he was not related to when emergency crews were called to a Medicine Hat home earlier this week.

Police have said neither the man nor the boy lived in the home.