Saskatchewan stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson died from drug overdose: sources
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Multiple police sources have told Global News Myles Sanderson died in police custody after ingesting drugs, bringing an end to a four-day manhunt for the suspect.
The main suspect in the deadly stabbing spree in Saskatchewan earlier this month died in police custody after ingesting drugs, Global News has learned.
Multiple police sources have told Global News Myles Sanderson fatally overdosed shortly after his arrest by RCMP on Sept. 7, which came after a four-day-long manhunt that covered the entire province.
RCMP have only said Sanderson went into “medical distress” following a police takedown of his vehicle, and was later pronounced dead in hospital despite life-saving measures performed by officers and paramedics. A cause of death has not been officially released.
Sanderson was accused along with his brother Damien Sanderson of killing 10 people and wounding 18 others in a series of stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby village of Weldon, Sask., on Sept. 4. Damien was found dead the next day on the Indigenous reserve.
On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Coroners Service announced two public inquests will be held next year — one into the deaths that occurred on Sept. 4, including Damien’s, and the other into Myles Sanderson’s death.
In Saskatchewan, public inquests are mandatory when a person dies in police custody. The coroners service can also hold inquests as a way to inform the public about sudden unnatural deaths.
Chief Coroner Clive Weighill would only tell reporters that preliminary autopsy results show Myles Sanderson did not suffer from blunt force trauma.
He said the coroners service is still awaiting final results from his autopsy and a toxicology report which could take up to four months to complete. The reports won’t be released to the public until the inquest begins because investigators don’t want to taint the process, Weighill said.
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