NORTH BATTLEFORD – There was another adjournment in the case against a man charged with a 2011 murder.
The appearance of 58-year-old Robert Wesley Pich was waived in court Wednesday by his defence Andrew Lyster, who didn’t provide the court with a reason for the adjournment. Crown didn’t oppose the adjournment and Judge Daniel O’Hanlon adjourned the matter to May 9.
Pich, and 70-year-old John Gregoire, were arrested after police raided a rural property outside of Baldwinton on Feb. 8. Pich is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping with a firearm, and careless use of a firearm. Gregoire is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping with a firearm, and indecently interfering with human remains.
Gregoire was granted bail following a show cause hearing in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench March 24. There is a ban on publication of the details of what was said during the show cause hearing.
The two are charged in the death of 64-year-old Edward Keith Geddes. RCMP say that when they went to Geddes’ home in Baldwinton for an arrest warrant in an unrelated incident in mid-April 2011, they found his dog dead in the entranceway and the dog’s death wasn’t from natural causes. Geddes was wanted for theft over $5,000 stemming from an offence in April 2011 in the community of Neilburg. The RCMP say they continue to search for Geddes’ remains.
The Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit and RCMP Major Crimes Unit renewed the investigation in 2021. Cut Knife RCMP and RCMP Forensic Identification Section assisted in the investigation.
