Drops of blood found near the body of a murdered woman came back matching the DNA of a convicted killer, a Calgary judge heard Thursday as Christopher Dunlop's trial entered its second day.

Dunlop faces charges of first-degree murder and indignity to a human body in connection with the death of Judy Maerz.

Maerz's body was found in Deerfoot Athletic Park on Feb. 16, 2023. She'd been stabbed 79 times and her body was set on fire after her death.

One year earlier, Dunlop had finished serving a 13-year manslaughter sentence for the death of Laura Furlan.

Both women were working in Calgary's sex trade at the time of their deaths.

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On Thursday, Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby heard how Dunlo

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