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On February 11, 2022, Winnipeg Police received a request from Selkirk RCMP to assist with a Missing Persons investigation that involved Brandon BRUST, 26,  and a 22-year-old female who were reported missing from Scanterbury and believed to be in Winnipeg.

Police then located BRUST’s vehicle parked along the 600 block of Selkirk Avenue on February 13th.

On February 14th WPS responded to a known drug house in the 400 block of Pritchard Avenue on the report of suspicious circumstances. Police arrived to find several people within the residence, including a 22-year-old female who had been seriously assaulted. She was taken to hospital, and the remaining people in the house were arrested. One of the detained individuals was identified as the 22-year-old missing woman from Scanterbury.  

Investigators determined that missing man Brandon BRUST was at the home on Pritchard Avenue on February 11. While there police believe BRUST was attacked and killed by the male resident. His remains were removed from the home and disposed at another location. A female present during the incident was seriously assaulted, and another female was threatened and forcibly confined at the scene.

On March 30, RCMP confirmed that human remains had been located near Road 79 North in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands. Forensic analysis determined the remains to be that of Brandon BRUST.

As a result of the lengthly investigation police have arrested and charged three individulas.

Kenneth Andrew EDWARDS, a 29-year-old male, has been charged with:
– Second Degree Murder
– Sexual Assault
– Forcible Confinement
– Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Offences Contrary to Prohibition Order x 5
– Fail to Comply with Court Orders x 8
– Possession of a Scheduled Substance

Billie Erin KOZUB, a 38-year-old female, has been charged with:
– Accessory After the Fact to Murder
– Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Offence Contrary to Prohibition
– Warrants: Aggravated Assault and Fail to Comply with Court Orders x 5

Emily Rae FONTAINE, an 18-year-old female, has been charged with:
– Accessory After the Fact to Murder

Anyone with information regarding this incident, individuals, or associated vehicles, is asked to contact Winnipeg Police Major Crimes Investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).