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Recaldo Liburd sobbed in a Newmarket, Ont., courtroom as Justice Michelle Fuerst asked if the Vaughan man understood that pleading guilty meant he was giving up his right to a trial.

After calling a brief recess, Liburd returned to the courtroom with his lawyer and told the judge he wanted to proceed. Liburd then pleaded guilty to two counts of indignity to a dead body in relation to the murders of Markham couple Quoc Tran and Kristy Nguyen.

According to an agreed statement of fact read out in court, Tran, 37, and his girlfriend Nguyen, 25, were reported missing on Sept. 19, 2021, by Tran’s brother who said the couple failed to show up for a dinner the night before.

Police traced Kristy Nguyen’s vehicle to 111 Zenway Blvd. in the City of Vaughan, where video surveillance captured Tran and Nguyen walking towards Unit 6, Ultra Garden Supply at 5:19 …

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