Youth charged with second-degree murder after body found in shed

PUNNICHY, Sask. – A youth has been charged in the death of a man in central Saskatchewan. Mounties say the youth was arrested last week at provincial court in Punnichy while the person was appearing on an unrelated matter.

A police spokeswoman says the age and gender of the youth is not being released because that could identify the suspect, which is not allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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READ MORE: Saskatchewan man found dead in shed a victim of homicide

The youth is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Clayton Charles Cyr of Gordon First Nation.

Police say the youth was known to Cyr, whose body was found Wednesday in a shed in the town about 130 kilometres northeast of Regina.

The youth is set to appear in court in Punnichy on June 16.