Saskatoon mom brings son’s murder back into public eye two years after his death

Susan Charlton has spent the past two years wondering what happened to her son after his remains were discovered in a fire outside of North Battleford.

Jordon Daniel Boire’s death has been ruled a homicide by the RCMP, but his family remains in limbo as police continue to investigate the circumstances of his death.

Boire’s body was pulled from the rubble of an abandoned home 30 kilometres outside the city on the night of Jan. 19, 2021.

According to Charlton, she spoke to Jordon at 6:30 p.m. that day and he told her he was on his way to the city to pick up his car keys he had forgotten.

He said he would return to Saskatoon the next day. He never did.

“You try to go on and still live your life, but it’s still in the back of your mind. You never stop thinking about it,” Charlton said.

Charlton has been receiving regular updates on the investigation from the RCMP, but the family still hasn’t been told how the 29-year-old ended up at the abandoned house, who was with him, or how he died.

Charlton is the first to admit her son had a second life he kept secret from the family. However, she said her son had managed to turn things around after his release from jail in 2017 and was doing well working for a car dealership in Saskatoon.

Charlton noticed a shift in 2020 when she believes his past crept back into his life.

“I don’t know who he was involved with. I know it was not a good crowd. I believe there was drugs involved,” she said, pointing to his previous ties to gangs as a youth. “I have grandkids from Jordon, and they want closure as well.

“They know their dad’s gone. There’s certainly things you don’t want to tell them. You don’t want to go into detail, but he was very close to his kids and they are trying to navigate a new life without him.”

The RCMP said in a statement investigators continue to follow up on every piece of information that comes in, but have yet to make an arrest in the case.

Charlton hopes bringing the story back into the public eye on the two-year anniversary of his death will lead to new information.

“I know there’s people that know exactly what happened and I hope they have the courage to come forward,” she said.

Anyone with information can call the North Battleford RCMP, or anonymously contact Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.