Edward Chomiak has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife Melody Perry in December 2010.
Chomiak was also found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder in the death of Perry’s daughter, Jerica Bouchard.
Perry, 45, and Bouchard, 20, were gunned down in Perry’s mobile home near Falher, Alta., on the morning of Dec. 15, 2010.
The judge ruled Chomiak planned to kill Perry that morning, but didn’t have the same premeditation when it came to killing Bouchard.
Perry was shot 15 times and her daughter suffered five gunshot wounds.
Melody Perry and Jerica Bouchard were slain in Perry’s mobile home near Falher, Alta. in December 2010. (Supplied )
In a recorded 911 call played in court earlier this week, Perry a told an operator that Chomiak was in her home, that he had a gun and had already killed her daughter.
Sara Schapansky, a friend of Bouchard’s who was there that morning, testified that she recognized Chomiak’s voice when a man arrived at the mobile home.
She said she heard Perry ask the man, “What are you doing here? And what are you doing here with a gun?”
Schapansky then fled from the mobile home and hid in a car outside.
Chomiak’s lawyer said there were no fingerprints, footprints or blood stains that tied his client to the murder scene.
He said that should create reasonable doubt in the mind of the judge.
Chomiak had a loaded pistol in his pocket and a rifle in his truck when he was arrested by police.
Ballistics tests showed some of the bullets taken from the women’s bodies matched Chomiak’s weapons.
Falher is about 430 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.