Police charge a second person in connection with a 2021 homicide

The Regina Police Service (RPS) have charged a second person in connection to the city’s 12th homicide last year.

On March, 29, 2022, police arrested and charged a 16-year-old youth who is the second person charged in this case. The first suspect is a 15-year-old youth who was charged with second-degree murder. The victim was a 16-year-old teenage girl who was found dead outside a residence on the 1200 block of Rae Street on November 1, 2021.

Police responded to a call to the residence and located the girl who was described as “deceased” upon arrival.

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“EMS confirmed the death. Patrol members secured the scene and began the investigation, taken over by Forensic Identification, the Coroner and Major Crimes shortly thereafter,” police stated in a media release.

“On November 2^nd, the case was confirmed to be a homicide, and on November 15^th, a 15 year-old male youth was charged with second-degree murder.”

Police stated the male youth cannot be identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He is also charged with second-degree murder and will appear in Youth Court on March 30, 2022.

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