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Suspect Charged With Second-Degree Murder

Arrest made in central Alberta homicide

Sep 29, 2024 | 3:30 PM

An arrest has been made in connection with a central Alberta murder earlier this year.

24-year-old Chervaine Saddleback, a resident of Maskwacis, AB, was arrested by the RCMP Major Crimes Unit (MCU) on Sept. 28, 2024, and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Wyatt Omeasoo, also of Maskwacis.

It was on Jan. 28, 2024, at 11:30 a.m., when Maskwacis RCMP were called to assist EMS with a 25-year-old male. Mounties say the male was transported to hospital where he was declared deceased. Police say the circumstances of the victim’s death were considered suspicious.

According to RCMP, an autopsy determined the manner of death to be a homicide.

After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, Mounties say Saddleback was remanded to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Wetaskiwin on Oct. 3, 2024.

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Background: Jan. 29, 2024

On Jan. 28, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. Maskwacis RCMP received a report of an injured individual on 6 Mile Road, North of Highway 611. Emergency crews transported the victim to hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The circumstances of the victim’s death are considered suspicious.

The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has taken carriage of the investigation.

The victim has been taken to the Edmonton Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and an autopsy is anticipated today.

If you have any information about this crime or those responsible, please call the Maskwacis RCMP detachment at 780-585-3767. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www. P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.

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