{"id":100355,"date":"2025-12-15T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=100355"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:30:16","slug":"17-year-old-is-third-person-charged-in-relation-to-carry-the-kettle-murders-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/17-year-old-is-third-person-charged-in-relation-to-carry-the-kettle-murders-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old is third person charged in relation to Carry the Kettle murders in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The World-Spectator Murder charges have been laid against a third individual\u2014a 17-year-old male\u2014in relation to the February murders of two men and two women on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. On December 10 police officers with Saskatchewan RCMP\u2019s Major Crimes Unit and Indian Head RCMP Detachment executed a search warrant at a residence on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation with the assistance of officers from File Hills First Nations Police Service. RCMP officers arrested a 17-year-old male youth at the residence. The youth can not be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The youth has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in relation to the deaths of Tracey Hotomani, Sheldon Quewezance, Shauna Fay and Terry Jack. 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On December 10 police officers with Saskatchewan RCMP\u2019s Major Crimes Unit and Indian Head RCMP Detachment executed a search warrant at a residence on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation with the assistance of officers from File Hills First Nations Police Service. RCMP officers arrested a 17-year-old male youth at the residence. The youth can not be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The youth has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in relation to the deaths of Tracey Hotomani, Sheldon Quewezance, Shauna Fay and Terry Jack. 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