NORTH BATTLEFORD – A woman released from jail for her role in Tiki Laverdiere’s murder has been arrested on a new charge.
According to court documents, Mavis Takakenew, now 59, of North Battleford, is now accused of stealing a 2019 Hundai in the R. M. of Cut Knife in July.
She appeared in Cut Knife Circuit Court in September, representing herself, and the matter was adjourned to Oct. 3 when she is expected to enter a plea.
Takakenew is one of 10 people who were charged in Tiki Laverdiere’s murder in 2019. In May 2020, Takakenew was sentenced to 18 months in jail on a charge of accessory after the fact to Laverdiere’s murder.
Her son, Samuel Takakenew, was sentenced in December 2021, to time served on a charge of accessory to murder in Laverdiere's death. After being released, Samuel Takaknew, was arrested in September 2022 and charged with break and enter into a home in North Battleford. In January, he was given a nine-month conditional sentence to be served in the community and placed on probation.
A publication ban still remains on the details of Laverdiere’s murder until the tenth accused has gone through the court system. Nine have been sentenced.
Laverdiere, from Edmonton, was reported missing to Battlefords RCMP May 12, 2019. Her body was found July 11, 2019, during an RCMP ground search in a rural area outside of North Battleford.
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