On Jan. 28, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., Maskwacis RCMP was called to assist EMS with a 25-year-old male. The male was transported to the hospital where he was declared deceased. The circumstances of the victim's death were considered suspicious.
RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) took carriage of the investigation, and the autopsy determined that the manner of death was a homicide.
On Sept. 28, 2024, RCMP MCU arrested a 24-year-old individual and a 25-year-old individual, both residents of Maskwacis, Alta. The 24-year-old individual has been charged with second-degree murder.
After a judicial interim release Hearing, the 24-year-old individual was remanded to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on Oct. 3, 2024.