Investigators believe Vida Smith travelled to Calgary from Chestermere, a bedroom community east of the city, to meet a friend, Kevin Barton, at a coffee shop on July 21
Family reported her missing to the RCMP after she failed to return home and missed a medical appointment two days later.Police said Wednesday they were looking for Barton and were concerned for Smith’s welfare.On Friday, police said Barton, who also goes by Chris Lee, has been charged with manslaughter and is to appear in court on Aug. 5.
He said investigators have looked at Smith’s banking, cellphone and social media records and have found no “footprints of life.”“We have made a lot of great strides in the evidence collection that’s led us to a criminal charge,” said Schiavetta. Schiavetta said Barton is “known nationally to law enforcement.” The officer did not discount the possibility that more people may have been involved in Smith’s death.
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