Onion Lake RCMP, along with the North Battleford, Prince Albert and Saskatoon RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) have been investigating the homicide of Braden Richard Bull for over eight months.
Officers have continued to follow up on all information and tips received from the public regarding this investigation and conducted several interviews. As a result of this work, officers have arrested and charged 24-year-old Vega Bear, of Onion Lake, with second-degree murder.
The North Battleford and Saskatoon RCMP GIS arrested Bear in Edmonton on Sept. 21. Bear was transported to Lloydminster to make his first appearance in Provincial Court on Sept. 22.
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit – North, the North Battleford RCMP Forensics Identification Section and the Saskatchewan RCMP Polygraph Unit also assisted with the investigation.
A Jan. 21 news release stated Onion Lake RCMP received a report of a deceased person off of Highway 797, in the Onion Lake Cree Nation. The individual was identified as 32-year-old Braden Richard Bull, of Little Pine First Nation
The investigation is ongoing.
