Charges laid in double homicide

Three people from the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation have been arrested and charged with first degree murder in a double homicide. Kody Bear, 22, Brittany Bear, 21, and a 17-year-old male have been charged in the deaths of Sheldon Yuzicappi, 28, and Jessica Redman, 27, also of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Oct. 11, when Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP responded to a complaint of people possibly injured on the Standing Buffalo First Nation. Upon arrival, Yuzicappi and Redman were found deceased. Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP were assisted in the homicide investigation by RCMP Major Crimes Unit South, Forensic Identification Section, Yorkton Traffic Reconstructionists, Yorkton Police Dog Service, the Regina General Investigation Section and the Office of the Chief Coroner.