NORTH BATTLEFORD — A video shows a person RCMP would like to speak with regarding the 2021 Christmas Eve homicides of two women in North Battleford.
Battlefords RCMP and Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes continue to investigate after Alyssa LeCaine and Daphne Bear were located deceased after a residential fire on the 1000 block of 108th Street Dec. 24, 2021. Their deaths are considered homicides.
“With the increased quality and prevalence of privately or business-owned video surveillance systems, comes the opportunity to potentially utilize captured video to assist serious police investigations,” says Superintendent Joshua Graham, Officer in Charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes. “In the video investigators released today to assist the ongoing investigation in North Battleford, viewers can note trim around the hood of the jacket and distinctive brown or yellow-coloured boots. We are hoping these two notable features will help us identify the individual in the video. Investigators would like to speak with this person as they may have important information about Alyssa and Daphne’s deaths.”
The individual is shown in the back alley between 108th and 109th streets of North Battleford, they cross 10th Avenue and enter the alleyway beyond.
If the public can identify or has information about the individual in the video they are encouraged to report it to Battlefords RCMP 306-446-1720, call 310-RCMP, 911 in an emergency or report information anonymously via Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
If the public has surveillance cameras in the areas noted above, RCMP encourage them to check their footage to determine if they recorded this individual between 3 and 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2021.
Police also ask that the public report any findings or other activity captured in this time period to police.
