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Murder victim a ‘fearless leader’
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rowing up with six younger siblings, Tina Pfeiffer was their fearless leader. Described by her sister Margaret Darkow as passionate, fearless and strong, Pfeiffer grew up an army brat. They moved all over the world living in Germany, Texas, Minnesota, Winnipeg and Medicine Hat, among other places. “She was tough on the outside, but she was really soft on the inside,” said
Darkow in a Monday phone interview. “She loved people. She was a giving person.” On Oct. 27, Pfeiffer, 50, was found dead in a West Park Crescent residence. A 26-year-old man has been charged with second degree murder. “She really was our fearless leader,” said Darkow. “She took us TINA swimming and we’d spend PFEIFFER our summers out in lakes and outdoors the four of
us girls. “She used to ride a lawn mower; we had a big yard in Minnesota, so she’d ride the lawn mower and make paths and mazes in the grass for us to run along. In the winter, she made a huge fort and we’d have snowball fights.” As family, they would play card games and sing together. Her father retired from the army and became a preacher, which meant the family moved around a bit more eventually settling down in Medicine Hat when Pfeiffer was 18. Continued On Page A3
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Red Deer RCMP were called to this residence on West Park Crescent to a reported suspicious death. Tina Pfeiffer, 50, was found dead. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Calgary determined it was a homicide.