SASKATOON – A non-jury trial has been scheduled for January 2024 for Sebastian Sanderson on two counts of second-degree murder.
Sanderson is accused of killing Saskatoon couple Kira Opoonechaw, 19, and Phoenix Checkosis, 21. He was arrested Jan. 19, 2022, after Saskatoon police found Opoonechaw and Checkosis with stab wounds in the 400 block of Ave. B North. They were taken to hospital. Opoonechaw, who is from Melfort, died that day and Checkosis, from Poundmaker Cree Nation, died the following day.
Police say that Sanderson was known to Opoonechaw and Checkosis.
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