A lengthy Saskatoon police investigation has resulted in a 21-year-old man being charged in the death of a 30-year-old man in 2015.
Joshua Andrew Burwell, 21, is now facing a charge of first-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday morning.
On Oct. 18, 2015, officers were called to a Sutherland neighbourhood home in the 100-block of 107th Street West to check on the welfare of a male.
Upon arrival, police located Bradley Buffalo deceased.
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An autopsy was conducted on Oct. 22, 2015.
On Oct. 23, 2015, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) issued a press release that said its “major crime unit and the office of the chief coroner have determined that the death is believed to be non-criminal in nature at this time.”
“Even if a case is closed for example, it can always be re-opened if information comes to light that begs it to be re-opened,” SPS spokesperson Kelsie Fraser said.
Fraser said investigations “take a lot of time and a lot of dedication and persistence on behalf of the investigators so we appreciate when people can understand that.”
“The direction of the investigation is only as good as the information that we have at the time, we can’t force it to go in one way or force it to go in another, this may have taken over a year, but we did eventually lay charges and that’s the nature of how investigations go,” Fraser said.
Fraser said investigators were still actively looking at the case at the time they received new information.
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