On Sept. 28, 2024, RCMP MCU arrested 24-year-old Chervaine Saddleback for the murder of 25-year-old Wyatt Omeasoo, both residents of Maskwacis. Saddleback has been charged with second degree murder.
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.
After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, Saddleback was remanded to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on Oct. 3, 2024.