BATTLEFORD – The sentencing hearing for one of 25-year-old Tiki Laverdiere’s accused killers was adjourned Wednesday until Aug. 12.
In April, Shayla Orthner pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and instead entered a guilty plea to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
Laverdiere was reported missing to Battlefords RCMP on May 12, 2019. On June 10, 2019, RCMP announced that Laverdiere’s disappearance was the result of foul play and they would be investigating her disappearance as a homicide. On July 11, 2019, a police dog found Laverdiere's remains in a rural area outside of North Battleford while RCMP were conducting a ground search.
Laverdiere was in Saskatchewan April 2019 for the funeral of 20-year-old Tristen Cook-Buckle on Thunderchild First Nation.
Ten people were charged with Laverdiere’s murder.
There is a ban on publication of all preliminary hearings, trials, and sentencing hearings until the trials of all the co-accused are concluded.
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