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Canadian police on Wednesday arrested a second suspect in the stabbing that killed 10 people after a three-day search.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Miles Sanderson, 32, was near the town of Rostern, Saskatchewan at around 3:30 pm local time. An official familiar with the matter said Sanderson’s car was rammed by police and he surrendered.
His arrest came after authorities found the dead body of Sanderson’s brother, 31-year-old Damian Sanderson, near where most of the stabbings occurred on Monday. We are investigating whether Sanderson murdered his brother.
The stabbing rampage raised questions about why Miles Sanderson — a former criminal with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was on the streets in the first place.
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He was released in February by a parole board after serving more than four years in prison for charges including assault and robbery. However, he had been wanted by police since May for apparently violating the terms of his release, though details were not immediately available.
Court records show that many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed while he was intoxicated. He told parole officials at one point that substance use had driven him crazy. Records show that he had repeatedly violated court orders against drinking and drug use.
Growing up in the Indigenous Cree Reserve of 1,900 people, Sanderson began drinking and smoking marijuana around the age of 12, soon followed by cocaine.
He broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house in 2017, punched a hole in the bathroom door while his two children were hiding in the bathtub, and threw a cement block at a car parked outside, according to parole documents. .
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That November, he shot an accomplice, stepped on the head, and threatened to rob a fast-food restaurant. And in 2018, he stabbed two men who were drinking with a fork and beat one unconscious.
When he was released in February, the parole board also set conditions for contact with his partner and children, and said he should not enter into a relationship with a woman without written permission from a parole officer. said.
In granting Sanderson “statutory release,” parole officials said, “It is the committee’s opinion that you do not pose an undue risk to society.”
Canadian law allows prisoners to be legally released after serving two-thirds of their sentence. But parole boards are free to impose conditions, and inmates who violate the conditions can be returned to prison, as Sanderson has done more than once.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said there was an investigation into Sanderson’s evaluation by the parole board.
“I would like to know the reasoning behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I am very concerned about what happened here. The community is upset.”
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The nine killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation, according to the Saskatchewan coroner’s office. Carol Burns, 46 years old. Gregory Burns, 28 years old. Lydia Gloria Burns, 61 years old. Bonnie Barnes, 48 years old. Earl Burns, 66 years old. Lana Head, 49 years old. Christian Head, 54 years old. Robert Sanderson, 49 years old. One was Wesley Patterson, 78, from Weldon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.