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By Angela Brown

Homicide investigation

Suspect in Tyson Blair Crosschild homicide investigation moving to trial

Jul 15, 2020 | 5:00 PM

A man facing a charge related to the Tyson Blair Crosschild homicide investigation is now set to stand trial this fall.

Dakota Dean Whitstone, 21, is facing a charge of second degree murder.

He is scheduled for a trial from Sept. 21 to Oct. 2 at Queen’s Bench Court in Battleford.

Crosschild, 28, was found outside an Onion Lake Cree Nation home in medical distress on Aug. 11, 2018, and was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.

The allegations against the accused have not been proven in court.

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