Estranged husband charged with wife’s murder in West Kootenays

RCMP have arrested and charged a man with murder following his wife’s death near Trail. Police responded to a call in Montrose about a man assaulting a woman on the front lawn of a home on Nov. 4, according to a press release from police. When officers and paramedics arrived they found Lindsay Christine Danchella seriously injured on the front lawn of a home. She was transported to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital where she died shortly after. Her estranged husband Donald James Danchella, 46, was arrested at the scene and taken to the RCMP detachment in Trial and lodged in a cell. The same day Crown counsel approved a charge of second-degree murder. Donald Danchella appeared in court Tuesday, Nov. 5, and is set for a bail hearing in Kelowna, Nov. 6, according to court records. “The securing of charge approval was the culmination of the tireless efforts involving investigators from the Southeast District Major Crime Unit, BC RCMP Forensic Identification Services, and members of the Trail RCMP,” Staff Sgt. Jason Smart said in the release. To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. Find our Journalism Ethics policy here. https://infotel.ca/newsitem/code-of-ethics/it106782 We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .