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Edmonton woman found not guilty of murdering her 85-year-old mom

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Vini Buecken , 67 , acquitted of second -degree murder of her 85-year-old mother Dagmar Petersen .

Petersen, 85 , was bludgeoned to death in her Riverbend home March 5, 2022 .

Court of King’s Bench Justice Wayne Renke found the Crown had not proven her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The verdict leaves the identity of Petersen 's killer in doubt.

Crown 's motive theories failed to move the court, but there was “powerful evidence of opportunity” Surveillance footage captured Buecken ’s vehicle passing a house near the crime scene five times around the time of the murder.

Renke concluded gaps in the surveillance record make it hard to prove she stopped at her mother's house the day before she reported finding the body.

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