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       Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for Jasmine Lovett and 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson in Calgary on May 12, 2019.

       Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

       A forensic pathologist has told a murder trial that a Calgary woman and her young daughter suffered blunt force trauma to their heads.

       Jasmine Lovett and 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson were reported missing in April 2019.

       The next month, their bodies were found buried in a day-use area in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary.

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       Robert Leeming has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Lovett but not guilty to second-degree murder in the child’s death.

       Deputy medical examiner Dr. Akmal Coetzee-Khan described his findings through a series of autopsy photos.

       He says Lovett appeared to have been moved after her death, judging from pooling of blood in her body.

       She also had a black eye and bruising on her face.

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