After more than a year of waiting, the families of two murder victims say they are relieved charges have been laid in the case.

In January 2009, Dennis Ray Baptiste and Jessie Henderson, both 23 years of age, were found dead in a rooming suite in the 700 block of Maryland Street.

Both men were stabbed in the head and neck, according to police. The room was then set on fire.

"It's so traumatizing," says Melodie Baptiste, Dennis' older sister. "It leaves like this total void. Nothing ever, ever will fill it."

Homicide detectives knocked on the Baptiste family's door on Friday night and shared the news, almost a year after police first told them about the tragic incident.

"We waited so long," says Melodie. "I just kept thinking, ‘give it a year'…and they came through," says Melodie.

Officers say a break in the case came last week, after they received a new tip.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for 25-year-old Kenneth Toby Roulette, a man with gang affiliations.

Two days later, Calgary police officers picked him up.

He was later charged in Winnipeg with two counts of first degree murder. He is in police custody.

"It's like now you can actually grieve for him," says Jennifer Kennedy, Baptiste's cousin.

Both of the victims were members of the Mad Cowz Gang.

"It is true," says Melodie. "Growing up in the west end, they just kind of formed a little clique."

"What does that have to do with him being killed," asks Jennifer Kennedy, Baptiste's cousin. "Does that make it ok?"

Baptiste and Henderson were also fathers. Baptiste had two children, a son and a daughter.

"They remember him and talk about him," says Melodie.

"He [Jessie] left a nice family," says Jean Henderson, Jessie's aunt. "He left a young boy, his son, here."

Like the Baptistes, the Hendersons knew Jessie was involved with gangs.

Jean believes his past played a role in his death.

"I think we all suffered and I'm so glad they found him so we can get it over, finish it," says Jean.

Both families say they are now trying to move forward but still have many questions. With the recent arrest, they say they are thankful at least one of them has been answered.

"The police and the detectives, they don't forget," says Jennifer. "They're out there working."

This is a message she says she wants other families who are still waiting for closure to hear.

- with a report from CTV's Stacey Ashley