Edmonton Journal
🏢 Postmedia
📍 AB
Jun 1, 2026
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Despite 'suspicious' circumstances, not enough to convict Edmonton man in killing of drug dealer, court finds
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Police supplied photo of Nicholas Alexander Brashko, who was acquitted on May 27, 2026, of killing Fred Kolybaba. Article content Despite finding some of the circumstances “very suspicious,” a judge has acquitted a man of all charges in the 2023 killing of an Edmonton drug dealer. Article content Fred Kolybaba was found dead early Sept. 1, 2023, after firefighters responded to an arson fire in the basement of his northwest Edmonton home. The 69-year-old had been repeatedly stabbed and died of a deep slash wound to his jugular vein. Article content Article content Article content Nicholas Alexa…
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