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A 39-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Chad Romanski, whose remains were found in June near Highway 7.
Romanski, aged 31, was Saskatoon’s fifth homcide of the year.
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Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release on Dec. 3 that the man was also charged with kidnapping, assault with a weapon, intentionally discharge a firearm to wound, intentionally discharge a firearm while being reckless, uttering threats to cause death, indecently interfere with and offer indignity to human remains, prohibited possession of a firearm, prohibited possession of ammunition and breaching court-imposed conditions.
Police said the 39-year-old man will appear in court Thursday morning.
Homicides in Saskatoon in 2025
There have been eight homicides recorded so far in 2025.
Saskatoon’s first homicide of 2025 occurred on Jan. 20 when a 23-year-old man was found by police suffering from multiple stab wounds at a business in the 3900 block of Millar Avenue.
SPS arrested a 53-year-old man near 2nd Avenue South and Spadina Crescent East and charged him with first degree murder.
The city’s second homicide was on April 20, when officers were called to an apartment building in the city’s Holiday Park neighbourhood, where a man was found dead just after noon on Easter Sunday. No arrests have been made.
The third murder recorded was on May 17, when a 20-year-old man was shot at a motel in the 2000 block of Avenue B North, believed to be Riviera Motor Inn, around 5 a.m. on May 17.
Police charged a 27-year-old man with first degree murder and were looking for a second “armed and dangerous” suspect who they named as 26-year-old Lawrence Opikowew in connection with the shooting.
The fourth homicide of the year happened just a day later on May 18, when police were called to Avenue B South and Spadina Crescent around 11 p.m. after receiving a report a report of a person suffering from a stab wound. A 43-year-old man was taken to hospital, where he later died.
Saskatoon Police named Romanski as the city’s fifth homicide victim of the year after his remains were found on June 4.
The city’s sixth homicide of the year was on June 23 when a 53-year-old woman was found dead in the 700 block of Weldon Avenue in the King George neighbourhood around 1:25 a.m. A 32-year-old man arrested the same day was charged with second degree murder.
A seventh homicide was recorded on July 31 after a 27-year-old woman was jilled in the 300 block of Avenue J South.
The eighth homicide of 2025 was reported by police after a man died after being taken to St. Paul’s Hospital on Sept. 28 with serious injuries.
Saskatoon saw 15 homicides in 2024.
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