Two men have been charged in connection with the 2023 killing of 31-year-old Lee Bearsears.
Last October, police responded to a report of a dead person on the Poundmaker First Nation, who the Saskatchewan Major Crimes Unit and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service later identified the person as Bearsears of Little Pine First Nation.
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Police said a man from the Little Pine First Nation has been charged with one count of second-degree murder.
Another man from Poundmaker First Nation faces a charge of being an accessory after the fact to murder.
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The police investigation is ongoing.
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— with files from Brody Langager and The Canadian Press
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