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A 44-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in Saskatoon’s first homicide of 2023 made his first appearance in Saskatoon provincial court on Tuesday.
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Arriving officers found the body of a 35-year-old man and two other men in the house and took a 28-year-old man and a 44-year-old man into custody, police said in a previous media release.
Police had initially described the death as “suspicious” but are now investigating it as a homicide, announcing the charge on Monday evening. They did not release the name of the victim.
Butter is next scheduled to appear in Saskatoon provincial court on Feb. 9.
Police were on scene at a house on the 1200 block of Idylwyld Drive after responding to a report of a death. A 28-year-old man and a 44-year-old man were taken into custody after officers arrived. Photo taken in Saskatoon, SK on Monday, January 30, 2023. Photo by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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