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Update: Saskatchewan Stabbing Suspect Damien Sanderson Found Dead

One of the suspects, Damien Sanderson, in the deadly Saskatchewan stabbing spree has been found dead and the manhunt continues for his brother Myles Sanderson. According to police reports the body of Damien Sanderson was found in a high grass area near the home of one of the victims, police are saying that the wounds do not look like they are self inflicted. Police believe that Myles Sanderson may have suffered injuries as well but so far that is pure speculation. The deadly stabbing spree which left ten people dead and nineteen people injured is the deadliest mass murder in Saskatchewan history.

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One of the two accused RCMP have been seeking in connection with a string of fatal stabbings in Saskatchewan on Sunday has been found dead, police confirmed Monday.

Damien Sanderson, 31, was found dead with wounds that did not appear to be self-inflicted, said Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP.

Myles Sanderson, 30, is still at large and is wanted. The RCMP also confirmed Monday at the media briefing that the two are brothers.

Ten people died in the attacks Sunday in various locations in the province, including James Smith Cree Nation. The injury toll has risen to 18.

Myles faces three counts of first-degree murder; Damien had been charged with one count of first-degree murder. Both men also were charged with attempted murder and break and enter.

Police from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were searching for the Sandersons after the attacks prompted a dangerous-persons alert.

Police said Myles may have sustained injuries, though that has yet to be confirmed.

“We do want the public to know this because there is a possibility he may seek medical attention,” Blackmore said.

“Even if he is injured, it does not mean he is not still dangerous,” Blackmore added, noting Myles has a lengthy criminal record involving both persons and property crimes.

CBC has confirmed Lana Head, 49, is one of the deceased from James Smith Cree Nation. She leaves behind daughters Sable, 31, and Sage, 30.

Head’s former partner, Michael Brett Burns, said Head worked as a security guard at Northern Lights Casino and was also a commissionaire officer.

Head’s death was first reported by APTN.

Saskatoon police earlier confirmed they’ve been searching for Myles Sanderson since May, when he stopped meeting with his assigned caseworker and was classified as “unlawfully at large.”

He had been serving a nearly five-year federal sentence for assault, robbery, mischief and uttering threats. He got a statutory release, and then disappeared.

Police anticipated releasing more information about the people who died later Monday.

“At this stage in our investigation, we believe some victims have been targeted by the suspect and others have been attacked randomly,” Blackmore said during a news conference Sunday.

In an update posted to Twitter at 7:36 a.m. CST on Monday, Regina police Chief Evan Bray had said the two suspects were still at large despite “ongoing, relentless efforts through the night” from Regina police and RCMP officers to apprehend them.

Blackmore said hundreds of Saskatchewan RCMP staff, from operators to major crime units, have been working on the investigation.

Police said there was no indication the two men travelled out of the province.

The Cree Nation and Weldon are within 60 kilometres of Prince Albert, and about 20 kilometres from each other.

Police resources from across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta have been assisting with the multiple investigations, according to RCMP.

Myles Sanderson is described as:

Six-foot-one.
240 pounds.
With brown hair and brown eyes.

RCMP said before Monday’s briefing that the two men were believed to be in a black Nissan Rogue with a Saskatchewan licence plate 119 MPI.

According to police, the vehicle was last reported seen in Regina around 11:20 a.m. on Sunday, though it hasn’t been confirmed.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said it was working with domestic and international law enforcement to “ensure border security, intelligence and enforcement.”

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents 74 First Nation communities in Saskatchewan including James Smith Cree Nation, joined a chorus of people offering their condolences to the James Smith Cree Nation after the “unspeakable violence that claimed the lives of innocent people.”

“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the Chiefs and Councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron in a statement late Sunday.

The FSIN also said it has been in contact with the federal government, which has committed to providing support to the communities

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/suspects-mass-stabbings-weldon-james-smith-saskatchewan-1.6572876

Damien And Myles Sanderson Canada Stabbing Spree Leaves 10 Dead

A manhunt is going on in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba for Damien and Myles Sanderson who are believed to be responsible for a stabbing spree that has left ten people dead and fifteen others injured. According to early police reports there are over a dozen crime spree and police believe some of the stabbings were deliberate targets where the others were random.

Damien Sanderson is 31 years old, five foot seven and weighs roughly 155 pounds. Myles Sanderson is 30 years old, six foot one and approximately 200 pounds. It is believed that Damian and Myles Sanderson are driving a black Nissan Rogue.

The stabbing spree is one of the worst in Canadian history

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RCMP say 10 people have died and 15 have been sent to hospitals after stabbings in multiple locations in Saskatchewan.

They say they are looking for two suspects — Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30 — who are considered armed and dangerous.

RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said Sunday the dead and injured were found in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon.

She said the injured have been taken to various hospitals, and there may be other victims who went to hospitals on their own.

Some people were targeted and others were attacked at random, Blackmore said.

“It is horrific what has happened in our province today,” she told a news conference in Regina.

She urged the suspects to turn themselves in

Weldon resident Diane Shier said she was in her garden Sunday morning when she noticed emergency crews a couple of blocks away.

Shier said her neighbour, a man who lived with his grandson, was killed. She did not want to identify the victim out of respect for his family.

“I am very upset because I lost a good neighbour.”

She said businesses in the village of about 200 people are usually closed Sundays, but stores in larger surrounding communities had closed as a safety precaution.

Weldon resident Robert Rush also described the victim as a gentle, widowed man in his 70s. “He wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

He said the victim’s adult grandson was in the basement at the time and phoned police.

“He stayed down there until they were gone.”

Rush said people in Weldon believe the suspects left the village. Later Sunday, he drove to Prince Albert to buy a cake for his wife’s birthday and left his granddaughter at home.

“I gave her two guns and a bat,” Rush said.

The hunt for the suspects was also on in Regina, where fans descended for a sold out annual Labour Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

RCMP said there was a possible sighting in the city of a vehicle with the suspects.

In a Twitter statement, the Roughriders said there was increased law enforcement presence at the Mosaic Stadium and surrounding area.

The Regina Police Service, in a news release, said that with the help of Mounties, it was investigating on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.”

Justin Trudeau responded to the news on Twitter.

“The attacks in Saskatchewan today are horrific and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of those who have lost a loved one and of those who were injured,” he said.

“I want to offer my deepest condolences on behalf of the government and people of Saskatchewan to all of the family and friends of the victims of today’s horrific attacks,” tweeted Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe.

An alert first issued by Melfort RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.

Damien Sanderson was described as five feet seven inches tall and 155 pounds, and Myles Sanderson as six-foot-one and 200 pounds. Both have black hair and brown eyes and may be driving a black Nissan Rogue with licence plate 119 MPI

James Smith Cree Nation leaders declared a state of emergency “in response to the numerous murders and assaults on members of James Smith Cree Nation.”

Two emergency operations centres were also set up in the communities, the statement said.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.

“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,’’ authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email

Mark Oddan, a spokesman with STARS Air Ambulance, said two helicopters were dispatched from Saskatoon and another from Regina.

Oddan said two carried patients from the scene to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, while the third carried a patient to Royal University from a hospital in Melfort, a short distance southeast of Weldon.

Oddan said due to privacy laws, he could not disclose information about their ages, genders or conditions.

He said other patients were transported by ground ambulance to hospitals in Prince Albert, Nipawin and Melfort, but didn’t know how many.

Oddan said the second chopper dispatched from Saskatoon carried a transport physician to the scene to assist with operations on the ground, but he did not know the location.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/09/04/10-dead-15-injured-in-saskatchewan-stabbin.html

7 Teens Charged In Karanveer Sahota Murder

Seven teens have been charged with the murder of sixteen year old Karanveer Sahota in Edmonton Alberta Canada. According to police reports the seven teens would attack Karanveer Sahota before one of them stabbed the sixteen year old McNally High School student in the chest. Police are saying they do not believe the senseless murder was gang related all though all of the participants knew each other. Police have charged two 14-year-olds, two 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old girl with second degree murder.

Due to Canadian law all minors charged with murder will not be publicly named and the maximum sentence for a youth is ten years in prison. If the person or persons responsible for the murder is tried as an adult he or she will receive a more severe sentence however again the sentence will be much lighter than that as an adult.

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Seven teenagers — six boys and a girl — have been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Edmonton high school student.

Karanveer Sahota, a Grade 10 student at McNally High School, was waiting for a bus on the afternoon of April 8 when he was assaulted.

Karanveer Sahota and the seven accused were known to each other, Edmonton police said Friday.

Police said the assault is believed to be an escalation of violence between two rival groups but that there is no evidence of gang involvement.

Karanveer Sahota died in hospital April 15. An autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a stab wound to the chest.

“Any loss of life is tragic,” Supt. Shane Perka of the Edmonton Police Service’s criminal investigations division said at a news conference Friday.

“The loss of a youth, in such a manner, is nearly unheard of in our city. To say it has been difficult is an understatement.”

Perka said Sahota suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack.

The teens charged include six boys — two 14-year-olds, two 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds — and a 17-year-old girl. The girl is also charged with attempted obstruction.

The charges were all upgraded to second-degree murder after the victim died and an autopsy was completed, Perka said.

Police said six youths were originally charged with attempted murder in relation to the assault on Sahota. They were arrested over the course of several days the week after the incident. A warrant was issued for the seventh youth.

The investigation was incredibly complex, Perka said, but the influx of information provided by the public helped police identify all seven suspects.

“There is nothing to indicate that this involved gang activity whatsoever,” Perka said. “These were just high school youths that had a bit of a history of disagreeing with each other.”

Police do not anticipate further charges, Perka said.

Police could not say definitively which of the charged teenagers will be remanded into custody, but each will go through the bail-hearing process. The five teenagers who appeared before a judge Friday were granted bail. They will next appear in court May 13.

A publication ban imposed Friday afternoon protected the names of the seven accused and of the victim, whose name had already been made public with permission from his family.

CBC News successfully challenged the publication ban, resulting in the judge allowing Sahota’s name to be published.

The seven accused cannot be named to protect their identities as minors.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/youth-murder-charges-edmonton-police-mcnally-high-school-1.6428311

Cory Fenn Sentenced To Life For 3 Murders

Cory Fenn was just sentenced to life in prison for a triple murder. According to court documents Cory Fenn who in 2018 would murder 39-year-old Krassimira Pejcinovski, her 15-year-old son, Roy, and her daughter, Venellia, 13. Cory Fenn and Krassimira Pejcinovski was in an on and off again relationship when they were going through a breakup that would trigger the brutal killings.

Cory Fenn would stab to death Krassimira Pejcinovski and then murder her fifteen year old son Roy. Cory Fenn would murder Venellia hours later to avoid being caught. Unfortunately the prosecutors were asking for no chance of parole for 72 years however the judge would set his parole eligibility at 25 years however I doubt the parole board will ever set him free again.

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A man who murdered his on-again, off-again girlfriend and two of her children has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Justice Howard Leibovich handed down his sentence to Cory Fenn Tuesday morning in Superior Court in Oshawa.

Fenn, 33, was found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder for the 2018 killings of 39-year-old Krassimira Pejcinovski, her 15-year-old son, Roy, and her daughter, Venellia, 13.

Leibovich decided the parole ineligibility periods for the murders of Pejcinovski and Roy would be served concurrently.

The judge is now awaiting the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Alexander Bissonnette case on whether it is constitutional to impose consecutive periods of parole ineligibility for multiple murders before sentencing Fenn for Venellia’s murder.

The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the 40-year period of parole ineligibility for Bissonnette, who pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder after killing six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017.

The outcome of the Quebec case could shape how Leibovich sentences Fenn.

Second-degree murder carries a mandatory life sentence with a minimum of 10 years before parole eligibility.

Leibovich said the murder of Venellia, who went by Vana, was a separate and distinct act that occurred five hours after the murders of her mother and brother.

“Mr. Fenn killed Vana in a desperate and futile attempt to escape detection,” Leibovich said.

“In my view, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offences and the character of Mr. Fenn, a consecutive parole ineligibility period must be imposed for the savage and cruel murder of Vana.”

Leibovich called Fenn’s actions “horrific” as he delivered the sentence.

“Mr. Fenn’s actions destroyed the family and caused considerable harm to the community,” Leibovich said Tuesday.

The Crown had sought a sentence of 72 years before Fenn could apply for parole, while Fenn noted 10 years would be “perfect.” Fenn fired his lawyer before the trial and did not call a defence, although a court-appointed lawyer made closing submissions on his behalf.

Fenn lived in the basement of Pejcinovski’s home and the two had a relationship the judge described as “toxic.”

On March 14, 2018, Fenn stabbed Pejcinovski to death.

He went on to attack Roy, who was asleep in his mother’s bed after a night playing video games. Fenn, a large man who had been on steroids, beat and then strangled the boy, court heard.

Fenn later attacked Venellia when the girl went to check on her mother. He beat the teen then stabbed her repeatedly with a butter knife.

Pejcinovski’s boss worried about her and came to the home. Sherry Robinson testified she noticed blood on Fenn’s arm when he answered the door. She demanded to see Pejcinovski, but Fenn said she was asleep. Robinson left and called police.

Fenn bolted before police arrived, but officers eventually tracked him down in a shed at an ex girlfriend’s place.

Fenn told police after his arrest that he was in a state of cocaine psychosis at the time after a five-day binge. The judge didn’t buy it.

Leibovich also did not accept the Crown’s proposed motive that Fenn killed Pejcinovski after a breakup.

Rather, the judge said Fenn’s own words were likely the closest court will hear about a motive. Fenn said he was fed up with Pejcinovski’s questions about him being with another woman, and that he’d “had enough of that.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-cory-fenn-1.6408516

Dallas Ly Charged In Mothers Murder

Dallas Ly is a twenty year old man from Toronto Ontario Canada who has just been charged with his mother, Tien Ly, murder. According to police sources the body of Tien Ly was found in a garbage bag earlier this week. The garbage bag was seen brought to the scene by a collapsible shopping cart by an unidentified man believed to be Dallas Ly. The body of Tien Ly had been dismembered and the woman was identified by her unique nail designs. Dallas Ly has been arrested and charged with Tien Ly murder.

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Toronto police have identified a woman found dead in a black garbage bag in Leslieville this week.

Police said on Wednesday the body found near Eastern and Berkshire avenues on Monday was that of Tien Ly, 46, of Toronto. The body was left near a sidewalk on the south side of Eastern Avenue, west of Leslie Street.

The person who discovered the bag called 911 at about 1:30 p.m. Police believe someone used a collapsible shopping cart to move the body, which they say showed obvious signs of trauma and dismemberment. The case is considered a homicide.

Police also said they cannot locate Ly’s son, Dallas Ly, 20, and are concerned for his well-being. They said he is not a suspect.

Police believe he lived with his mother in a condo building near Carlaw Avenue and Dundas Avenue East, according to Const. Alex Li, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service.

“Officers are concerned because of what they found at the residence,” Li said.

Li said he has a message for Dallas Ly: “Please contact Toronto police immediately. We want to speak with you… It is very unfortunate that this incident has occurred, but … you are an important part of this case. And we need to find you.”

On Tuesday, police released images of Tien Ly’s fingernails and toenails, which were painted with a unique pattern, and images of the long-sleeved, red Armani Exchange shirt she was wearing.

Investigators released them hoping the public could help police to identify her. Li said police appreciated the support they received.

“In this case, we were successful in confirming the identity,” he said.

Ly is Toronto’s 17th homicide victim of the year.

On Tuesday, police also urged anyone who saw a person pushing a foldable shopping cart filled with black garbage bags between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Monday to come forward. And they want anyone who was driving eastbound or westbound on Eastern Avenue at that time and who has dashboard camera video to contact them.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-woman-dead-garbage-bag-leslieville-1.6403198