Nikita Sandra Cook is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Tiki Laverdiere. (supplied/RCMP)

By Tyler Marr

Laverdiere Investigation

Latest arrest in Laverdiere homicide investigation appears in court

Aug 19, 2019 | 10:54 AM

After she was arrested in Edmonton last week, Nikita Sandra Cook made her first appearance in North Battleford Monday morning.

Cook is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection to the May 1 homicide of Tiki Laverdiere.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for her arrest after she was charged on Aug. 9. She is facing a number of other charges unrelated to the homicide investigation.

Cook was remanded in custody and ordered to have no contact with several individuals who could provide evidence or be co-accused in the case.

The woman from the Onion Lake Cree Nation will be back in court on Sept. 13.

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Seven others are charged in connection to Laverdiere’s death. Four are facing first-degree murder charges and three are charged with accessory after the fact to murder.

Soaring Eagle Whitstone, Nicole Cook, Shayla Orthner and Danita Thomas are charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, improperly interfering with a human body and theft of a motor vehicle.

Jesse Sangster, 23, was arrested in Edmonton on July 28. He is facing charges for accessory after the fact to murder and theft of a motor vehicle.

Brent Checkosis, 18, is facing charges for accessory after the fact to murder, improperly interfering with a human body and theft of a motor vehicle.

Mavis Quinn Takekenew, 55, is facing a lone charge of accessory after the fact to murder.

Laverdiere was reported missing on May 12 and last seen in North Battleford on April 29.

Human remains were found in a rural area outside of the city on July 11 and confirmed to be the Edmonton woman on July 16.

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