As of last week, it has now been one full year since Sheree Fertuck of the Kenaston area was reported missing.
Despite many search attempts, no trace of her has been found in the last twelve months. Not a clue, an article of clothing, or anything substantial that have enabled authorities to locate her.
It really does seem like the 51-year old mother of three simply vanished into thin air on December 7, 2015.
Now, a year later and with the grim anniversary coming to pass, the RCMP investigating the case are retracing details from the day Sheree went missing.
Police and the family of Fertuck hope the information prompts members of the public with knowledge of her disappearance to come forward.
“Someone knows what happened to Sheree,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Murray Chamberlin said in a media release that was released last week. “Please reach out to police with any information you may have.”
Fertuck was last seen on December 7 of last year, leaving her family’s farm yard east of Kenaston. It’s believed she was headed out in order to haul gravel.
Mounties say her day began when she left for work at about 9:30 a.m. She was wearing grey sweatpants, a grey sweater and white running shoes. She was seen at the gravel pit, just off Highway 15 and about 25 kilometres east of Kenaston, about an hour later.
She ate lunch with her family at their Kenaston-area home around noon before travelling back to the gravel pit at about 1:30 p.m., according to police. She missed a scheduled appointment that night, at 8 p.m.
Her semi-truck, with her keys, coat and cellphone inside, was found the next day at a gravel pit just off Highway 15, about 25 kilometres east of Kenaston.
A body has yet to be found, but police are treating her disappearance as a homicide.
“She’s never off of my mind,” Fertuck’s mother Juliann Sorotski told media.
“I just hope whoever did this awful thing would come forward and say where she is, so that we could bring her back home and have some kind of closure to this nightmare.”
No charges have been laid in the case and RCMP spokespersons have yet to clarify if investigators have any suspects.
A court document dated January 19, 2016 stated police believe Fertuck was murdered by her husband, Greg Fertuck.
The document cited an oath from Cpl. Jeremy Anderson, who said he has “reasonable grounds to believe” that Fertuck had murdered his wife. The two were separated, according to the document. The oath was part of an application from Sheree’s son, Lucas Fertuck, to be appointed property guardian of his mother’s affairs.
Lucas stated in the application his father has attempted to cash in joint investments.
On the anniversary of Sheree’s disappearance, RCMP too to social media in order to keep Fertuck’s case in the minds of Saskatchewan residents, in the hopes that someone may have information in order for this case to move forward with substantial progression.
Told from the perspective of the missing Sheree herself, the social media posting by the Saskatchewan RCMP puts readers into the mindset of the victim in this particular case, hoping to make a bigger impact with those who read it and take to heart that this case needs to reach some form of conclusion.
For Fertuck’s family, the hope one day is that they receive some form of closure to put this daily nightmare to rest for good and find some kind of peace in order to move forward.
From the Saskatchewan RCMP Facebook page:
“Hello, my name is Sheree Fertuck. December 7 marks one year since I was reported missing and last seen. Police investigators believe I am a homicide victim.
You now know about the day I went missing.
The police learn it is not typical for me to be gone for so long and not have contact with my family. They begin investigating and bring in the police dog, search and rescue, traffic and forensic identification units and underwater recovery team. I am not located. They tell the public my disappearance is suspicious and in April, 2016, they tell my family and the public they believe I am a victim of homicide. They continue to investigate my disappearance. If you’ve seen any of the clothing I was wearing the day I went missing: grey sweat pants, a grey sweater and white running shoes, please contact police.
“I was asked what I want for Christmas and all I want is to have my daughter back home.” – Sheree Fertuck’s mother, Julianne
