Search enters Day 3 for suspect wanted in Saskatchewan stabbing deaths

The search continues for one of the suspects wanted in the stabbing deaths of 10 people that took place on Sunday.

The RCMP said Monday afternoon that one of the two suspects in the stabbing deaths was found dead on the James Smith Cree Nation earlier in the day in a grassy area close to one of the 13 locations investigators are examining.

On Tuesday morning, Regina Police Service Chief Evan Bray spoke on the Greg Morgan Morning Show to update the public on what the search looks like for Myles Sanderson heading into the third day.

“We obviously had hope that through the night, we might have been able to definitively track him down whether that was in the city or outside of the city,” Bray said. “(There was) nothing in that regard.”

Bray maintains that information received through the last few days pinpointing the 30-year-old suspect to be in Regina on Sunday was accurate, but a lot could have changed in the short timeframe.

“The information that we received that put him in the region on Sunday was credible, and investigative efforts corroborated the information we’d received,” he said. “However, it is possible that he didn’t stay in the city.

“We know there are contacts in the city — family (and) other contacts that he has. It’s possible that it was a visit here to talk to some people but not to stay here.

“With things being so quiet over the last day and a half since that sighting, while we’re working nonstop to try and determine if he is in the city, investigators are also exploring options outside of the city. Those efforts continue, but at this point, we still don’t have his location pinned down.”

Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has provided information on Sanderson’s extensive criminal record.

The details provided to paNOW paint Sanderson as a federal offender.

“He is serving a federal sentence of 4 years 4 months 19 days for assault, assault with a weapon, robbery, mischief, assault on a peace officer, uttering threats to cause harm,” the statement by the CSC read. “His sentence began on September 24, 2018. He was on statutory release since August 27, 2021 and was being supervised in the community.

“Of note, statutory release is mandated by law. By law, the Correctional Service of Canada must release most offenders with supervision after they have served 2/3’s of their sentence, if they have not already been granted parole. Offenders serving a life sentence are not eligible for statutory release.”

The statement went on to say that Sanderson has been unlawfully at large since May 24 of this year. A warrant for Sanderson’s arrest was issued on that same day which was shared with the police.

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP, told reporters during a media conference on Monday that Sanderson could be injured and may be seeking medical attention.

“Even if he is injured, it does not mean he is not still dangerous. Myles has a lengthy criminal record involving both persons and property crimes,” she said. “We consider him armed and dangerous.”

Sanderson is described as being 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

He was last believed to be in a black Nissan Rogue with Saskatchewan licence plate 119 MPI.

More to come.