Saskatoon police release more details about woman’s death on New Year’s Day

The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) released more details Tuesday following public calls for further investigation into Rudy Kishayinew’s death on New Year’s Day.

SPS officials said a witness, who was in the company of Kishayinew the evening before, has been interviewed multiple times by officers in the major crime unit.

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Investigators also reviewed surveillance video that shows Kishayinew, 22, entering an alcove at the rear of a building in the 1500-block of 20th Street West where she was found dead at 10:30 a.m. CT on Jan. 1.

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SPS officials said video observations from the area are consistent with witness information and the footage is not from St. Paul’s Hospital.

Police said that given this evidence and results of an autopsy completed on Jan. 5, the death was found to be non-criminal in nature.

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The investigation is currently being led by the office of the chief coroner of Saskatchewan.

SPS officials said it would review any new information that may call into question the nature of this sudden death.