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The prime suspect in a presumed double murder of a Calgary mom and her young daughter says he’s lost his job, is out of cash and has been disowned by his friends after his arrest last week.

On Monday, Robert Leeming was allowed to return to his Cranston townhouse, which had been cordoned off for days by forensic investigators searching for evidence in what investigators believe are the slayings of Jasmine Lovett, 25, and her nearly two-year-old daughter Aliyah Sanderson, both missing since April 16.

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The 34-year-old was taken into custody and released by police without charges last week, but a Mercedes-Benz SUV was seized from the property and remains with police investigators.

On Monday, while sitting on his front steps surrounded by children’s toys, Leeming told Postmedia he was waiting to be let back in to the southeast Calgary home which had been surrounded for days by police. Officers let him in the home just after 12 p.m.

He said he has obtained legal representation “as a precaution” and is doing “as well as can be expected” after being taken into custody last Thursday in connection with the disappearance of the two, who once lived with him in the home.

“I’m just a regular Joe,” Leeming told Postmedia on Monday, adding he’s been fired from his job and abandoned by what few friends he had following his arrest.

Here, Leeming speaks to the media after his release on Friday: