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By Sheldon Spackman

May 2023 Incident

Central Alberta murder case going to trial

Jul 23, 2024 | 1:54 PM

A man charged in a central Alberta homicide last year has been ordered to stand trial.

Boyd Wade Beaverbones, 26, a resident of the O’Chiese First Nation, was ordered to stand trial following a preliminary hearing held in Rocky Mountain House Court of Justice last week. A trial date, however, has yet to be set.

It was on May 8, 2023, when Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to a report of a shooting on the O’Chiese First Nation. Upon arrival, Mounties say 31-year-old Brett Roan was found deceased. His manner of death was deemed to be a homicide.

According to police, the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit was called in to investigate and an arrest warrant was obtained for Boyd Beaverbones.

On May 29, 2023, Boyd Beaverbones was arrested on the O’Chiese First Nation.

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RCMP say Beaverbones was charged with second-degree murder. That charge, however, was later upgraded to first-degree murder.

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