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By battlefordsNOW Staff

RCMP investigation

Blackbird trial decision now moving to January

Nov 29, 2023 | 2:07 PM

The judge’s decision in the trial for one of the accused facing charges in the death of Damian Moosomin has now been moved to the new year.

The trial for Jannay Blackbird, 34, of Saulteaux First Nation, wrapped Sept. 15 at the Court of King’s Bench in Battleford. She is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the case.

The decision was originally reserved for Dec. 11. The court confirmed the date for the verdict has now been set for Jan. 5, 2024 at 9 a.m.

There is a publication ban on the details of the case until after all the accused individuals have gone through the court process.

RCMP previously reported Damian Moosomin, 20, was found deceased in the backyard of a property in the 1500 block of 105th Street in North Battleford on May 16, 2020. He was originally reported missing to police May 11 of that year.

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Several other individuals were also charged in the case.

Stormy Wapass-Semaganis, 25, of Edmonton, Alta., pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to manslaughter at the Court of King’s Bench on Oct. 10, 2023. She had been in custody since April of 2021. She was sentenced to time-served and 12 months probation. A charge of manslaughter was withdrawn.

Tye Partridge, 26, of Moosomin First Nation, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on May 27 after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the case. A charge of first-degree murder was withdrawn.

Denver Roy, 38, of Sweetgrass First Nation received 10 months in custody and nine months probation on Oct. 29, 2021, after pleading guilty to the charge of offering an indignity to a dead body. An additional charge of accessory after the fact was withdrawn.

Melissa Semaganis and a male youth under the age of 18 at the time of the incident, who were both facing a charge of accessory after the fact to murder, saw a stay of proceedings in their cases on April 25, 2022.

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