Tuesday afternoon, Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit North arrested and charged a second individual in relation to the homicide investigation of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere.
Thirty-two- year-old Danita Thomas of North Battleford, has been charged with the following offences under the Criminal Code:
First degree murder Sec. 235(1);
Kidnapping Sec. 279(1.1)(b);
Improperly interfering with a human body Sec. 182(b); and
Theft of a motor vehicle Sec. 333.1.
Thomas is scheduled to make her first court appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.
Shayla Orthner, 27, was the first person charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tiki Laverdiere.
Orthner is also charged with kidnapping, improperly interfering with a human body, and vehicle theft.
In the brief court appearance Tuesday morning, 27-year-old Orthner was remanded in custody, with her next court appearance scheduled for Friday, Aug. 2.
Judge Lorna Dyck issued an order that Orthner not contact a list of people that included potential co-accused and witnesses.
In announcing Orthner’s arrest, RCMP also said they expect to make additional arrests in the investigation in the coming weeks.
Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere was reported missing to Battlefords RCMP on May 12, 2019. On June 10, Saskatchewan RCMP announced that her disappearance was the result of foul play and would be investigated as a homicide.
On July 11, North Battleford RCMP and the RCMP Major Crime Unit were conducting a ground search in a rural area outside of North Battleford when a police dog with the North Battleford RCMP Police Dog Services Unit discovered human remains.
On July 17, RCMP announced the remains were determined to be those of Laverdiere.
