{"id":442314,"date":"2026-01-30T05:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442314\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:12:10","slug":"infant-presumed-dead-mother-found-dead-in-st-albert-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442314\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant presumed dead, mother found dead in St. Albert home"},"content":{"rendered":"

The body of a 23-year-old mother was found in a St. Albert home last week, and her missing nine-month-old daughter is believed to be dead, authorities say. The woman\u2019s partner and father of the child is in police custody.<\/p>\n

St. Albert RCMP say a body likely belonging to 23-year-old Ayla Egotik-Learn was found in an apartment of Rivercrest Crescent last Friday after building representatives went to issue an eviction and uncovered a \u201csuspicious item.\u201d Police would not reveal what that item was.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mother Ayla Egotik-Learn was found dead and her missing nine-month-old infant Braylee Beasley is presumed dead. (Courtesy: Alberta RCMP)<\/p>\n

Authorities believe Egotik-Learn and her baby were killed around Dec. 5, 2025 \u2014 eight weeks before the mother\u2019s remains were found. <\/p>\n

Police say early in the investigation, they learned Egotik-Learn\u2019s infant daughter Braylee Beasley was missing. \u201cThis significantly increased the urgency as efforts focused on ensuring Braylee\u2019s safety,\u201d said Insp. Wayne Stevenson with the Alberta RCMP serious crime branch.<\/p>\n

Mounties say efforts are underway to locate the infant\u2019s remains. \u201cWe do have some understanding of where Braylee\u2018s remains are located and we are not asking for public assistance in the search currently,\u201d said Stevenson.<\/p>\n

\"\"Insp. Wayne Stevenson with the Alberta RCMP serious crime branch, at a press conference Jan. 29, 2026. (Zach Dafoe, CityNews)<\/p>\n

Officers arrested Egotik-Learn\u2019s common law partner, the father of Braylee, at a St. Albert hotel four days after finding Egotik-Learn\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Christopher William Beasley, 33, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Egotik-Learn, and two counts of indignity to the bodies of the mother and child. The allegations have not been tested in court. Beasley, who was previously known to RCMP, is scheduled to appear at the St. Albert courthouse Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to find and secure sufficient evidence to charge somebody within four days I think is a testament to the officers who worked on this file. We had over 50 police officers working around the clock,\u201d said Sgt. James McConnell with the Alberta RCMP major crimes unit. <\/p>\n

A criminal record check shows Beasley pled guilty in July 2025 to assaulting Egotik-Learn. He was not sentenced to jail time and was instead placed on probation for 18 months. The two had been in a relationship since April 2024, according to police.<\/p>\n

Egotik-Learn, who was originally from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, came to Alberta in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy understanding was her world was her child. She spent all the time she could with her,\u201d said Sgt. McConnell.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gravity of investigating the death of a nine-month-old to a young mother in a safe community is immense. The officers who have worked on this file, the impact on the public, is tremendous, and will be felt by everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor of the City of St. Albert, Scott Olivieri, called the loss of Egotik-Learn and Braylee \u201cdevastating\u201d and \u201calmost unthinkable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSt. Albert has always prided itself on being a safe, welcoming and friendly community, where all are welcome, and everyone has the opportunity to build a bright future for themselves,\u201d Olivieri wrote in a statement. \u201cThat bright future has been shattered for two of our own, and we are heartbroken. Words cannot fully express our collective sense of shock, dismay and sorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe death of these two people has devastated a family, and challenged a community, but it must also serve to strengthen our resolve to support one another in our grief and do everything in our power to prevent such tragedies in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of a 23-year-old mother was found in a St. Albert home last week, and her missing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-442314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}