Derek Saretzky gets psychiatric assessment extension at Lethbridge court appearance

The man accused of murdering two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father was given a 30-day extension for his psychiatric assessment when he appeared via CCTV in a Lethbridge courtroom this morning.

The evaluation willdetermined if DerekSaretzkyis fit to stand trial.

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The 22-year-oldwas ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessmentat a hearing in September.

Court was told the 30-day mental review he has been undergoing is not sufficient and another month is needed.

He will now be evaluated for another 30 days, and appear in court again on Nov. 26.

The body ofTerryBlanchette, 27,was discovered in his home inBlairmore, in theCrowsnestPass, in September.

Hailey was discovered a day later in a rural area after an Amber Alert stretched across Western Canada and into the United States.

Saretzkyfaces two charges of first-degree murder in the slayings that shocked the small southern Alberta community.

Hefaces a separate charge of committing an indignity to the little girl's body.