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Couple charged with murder in drug-related death of their Winston Heights roommate

Calgary police have laid murder charges against two people in connection with the death of a man whose body was found two days after it's believed he was killed.

Police are asking the public for help as they investigate

Allen James McCabe, 32, and Megan Elizabeth Springstead, 33, are charged with one count each of first-degree murder in the Dec. 13 death of their roommate Mahmoud Ahmid Aburashed, 58. (Name Withheld/Facebook)

Calgary police have laid murder charges against two people in connection with the death of a man whose body was found two days after it's believed he was killed.

Allen McCabe, 32, andMegan Springstead, 33, each face a charge of first-degree murder in the death ofMahmoud Ahmid Aburashed, 58.

Police believe the motive is connected to a drug debt.

Springstead and McCabe were dating. Police say the couple lived with Aburashed.

Calgary police investigate a suspicious death in Winston Heights on Dec. 15. (Terri Trembath/CBC)

Aburashed's body was discovered in a Winston Heights home in the 400 block of 28th AvenueN.E. around 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 15.

Police have not released how he died.

Springstead's lawyer ToniiRoulston says her client was arrested Friday and will next appear in court on Jan. 6.

Police are asking for anyone with information about the incident to contact the non-emergency line at 403-266-1234, the homicide line at 403-428-8877 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.