Family members of Tyler Preston Soosay, 18, are mourning the loss of the young man who was found killed outside a home on the Samson Cree Nation reserve last week.
Police attended the scene Sunday, Oct. 12 and called in the major crimes unit to investigate the matter. As a result of the investigations, officers charged Soosay’s cousin, Walter Samuel Louis, 21, with second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body.
In an interview published in Edmonton Journal, Sandi Heimer, a counselor at Montana School, said she knew Soosay as a young boy and the loss is difficult for members of the community.
She said Soosay’s life was filled with tragedy after losing his sister to an accident when he was young. Later his parents died and Soosay was raised by his grandfather Chief Leo Cattleman.
Full details of the investigation are not being released. Louis’s plea selection was slated for Nov. 27 at the Wetaskiwin Provincial Court.
Second-degree murder charge for Maskwacis woman
Maskwacis RCMP and the major crimes unit have charged a Maskwacis woman with second-degree murder after making an arrest Friday, Oct. 17.
On Aug. 8, 2013 police found a 19-year-old woman stabbed in a residence on the Maskwacis townsite. The woman was taken to the Wetaskiwin Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Police charged Charmaine Cheralee Louis-Crier, 35, as a result of their investigations.