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The remains of Chelsea Davidenas have been found by Calgary police

The remains of Chelsea Davidenas have been found by Calgary police

Calgary police report the body of murder victim Chelsea Davidenas has been found.

The 29-year-old woman is believed to have been murdered in February after she went missing.

Police allege that in the early morning hours of February 17, Davidenas was lured to a home in the 5600 block of Rundlehorn Drive NE by two men she knew.

Investigators suspect she was then murdered in the house.

After narrowing down the search area, rescuers found human remains Thursday northeast of Carseland, Alta., near Range Road 254 and Highway 901.

The hamlet of Carseland is located approximately 35 kilometres east of Calgary.

The coroner confirmed that it was indeed Davidenas.

Steven Aaron Zwick, 26, of Airdrie, and Paul Joseph Rushton, 52, are both charged with first-degree murder.

Police said at a press conference on Wednesday that Zwick and Davidenas had a “previous relationship.”

They also allege that the two men targeted Davidenas because of her past as a sex worker.

Police are searching a large area southeast of Chestermere for the body of Chelsea Davidenas, a woman who was murdered in a Calgary home in February.According to the Alberta Court of Appeal, both men have “lengthy” criminal histories.

Court records show Rushton was sentenced to eight months in prison for voyeurism, which is a charge of secretly observing or making a visual recording of a person who has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Meanwhile, court records show that Zwick has previously been charged with drug and weapons offenses, resisting a police officer and assault.

Steven Aaron Zwick, 26, of Airdrie, is in a photo provided by the Calgary Police Service. Anyone with information regarding Davidenas’ death is asked to contact Calgary police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.

Davidenas’ mother Tammy Woods thanked police for their search and everyone else for their kind words in a social media post Thursday evening.

“Chelsea was taken from us far too soon. We miss our daughter, sister, mother and friend. As we mourn this unthinkable loss, Chelsea’s spirit and memory will live on in our hearts forever. Rest in peace, my beautiful girl,” the post read.