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Man’s death deemed Saskatoon’s 7th homicide of 2021

Two women are facing charges after Saskatoon police launched their seventh homicide investigation of the year. Phillip Bollman / Global News

The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) has laid second-degree murder charges in connection with the city’s seventh homicide of 2021.

Officers were called to the 500 block of Avenue X South in the Meadowgreen neighbourhood just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

Police said a deceased 52-year-old Saskatoon man was found inside a home. His name was not released.

The victim and accused are known to each other, read an SPS press release on Thursday.

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Global News has confirmed 32-year-old Kathleen Papequash made her first Saskatoon provincial court appearance on Thursday morning.

SPS announced later on Thursday that a second suspect had been arrested in connection with this investigation.

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Now, a 20-year-old woman is also facing a second-degree murder charge. The second accused is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Friday morning.

Police said they do not anticipate any further arrests.

—with a file from Ryan Kessler

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