The 2023 Saskatchewan Homicide Victim List is available here

Esterhazy RCMP received a request to conduct a wellness check on an adult male at a rural residence in the northeast of their detachment area on June 18th.

On arrival police located 61-year-old Bentley Baumung of Calder, SK, deceased. His cause of death has not been released.

On June 19th police arrested 48-year-old Curtis Sokoloski in Russell, MB in relation to the death. He has been second-degree murder and indignity to a body.