Travis Vader is out on bail – again.
The man charged in connection with the murder of two St. Albert seniors was granted bail for a third time on Thursday. Vader, 43, ended up back in custody on Feb. 28, after breaching his bail conditions twice in one month.
Court heard that Crown prosecutors consented to his release. Vader will now wear an electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle and must remain in an approved residence from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. He was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre sometime on Thursday.
Two arrests in February
Vader was first granted bail in December but rearrested at his residence in St. Albert on Feb. 12. He was charged with assault and released on bail with conditions to surrender any firearms, ammunition or explosives and to have no contact with several named people.
Vader was arrested again, 16 days later. A resident from rural Carrot Creek, Alta., called RCMP in the late evening of Feb. 28. The person reported a truck parked in their yard for some time. Officers identified Vader as the driver of the truck. He was charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and six counts of failing to comply with court-ordered conditions.
McCann disappearance
Vader and his family are from the Carrot Creek area, which is 30 kilometres east of where St. Albert seniors Lyle McCann, 78, and Marie McCann, 77, disappeared. Vader is charged in connection with the murder of the couple.
The couple went missing in July 2010 on a trip to British Columbia to visit family. The burned-out shell of their motorhome was discovered at a campground near Edson a few days later. The McCanns were declared legally dead in July 2011, and their bodies have never been found.
Vader was formally charged in the disappearance of the St. Albert couple nearly two years after he was named a suspect. The charges were stayed in March 2014, a few weeks before Vader was to face a jury trial. He was rearrested on the charges in December and ordered to remain under house arrest.
Vader's trial on the McCann charges is scheduled for March 2016. He is also expected to return to St. Albert court on his Feb. 12 assault charges on Monday, April 13.
