BATTLEFORD – A man charged in a decade-old cold case will stand trial in Battleford Court of King’s Bench.
Robert Wesley Pich was arrested last year in connection with the death of 64-year-old Edward [Ted] Keith Geddes who went missing in mid-April 2011 in the Baldwinton area, say police. Pich has been committed to stand trial in Batteford King's Bench with a trial date to be set at a later date.
In April 2011, police had gone to Geddes' home in Baldwinton with an arrest warrant in an unrelated incident and found his dog dead in the entrance way. Police say the dog’s death wasn’t from natural causes. At the time, Geddes was wanted for theft over $5,000 in nearby Neilburg.
In February 2022, Pich, now 59, and John Gregoire, now 71, were charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder after a year-long investigation by the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case and RCMP Major Crimes units.
In October 2022, police discovered human remains in a rural area about three kilometres southwest of Baldwinton and said they believed they are that of Geddes.
Gregoire was released on bail after a show cause hearing in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench in March 2022. Five months later he was arrested and charged with seven new weapons offences. He remains out on bail. His case is still at the provincial court level with his latest appearance being on Monday.
The charges against Pich and Gregoire haven’t been tested in court.
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