Suspect in Fort Qu'Appelle homicide arrested
CBC News
Posted: Feb 12, 2012 2:02 PM CST
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2012 2:05 PM CST
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Police in Regina have arrested a man wanted in connection with the stabbing death of another man in Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask., in early December.
Kelfert Wayne Watetch, 20, was arrested without incident late Saturday night in Regina, according to RCMP. (RCMP)Kelfert Wayne Watetch, 20, was arrested in Regina by local police at around 11:15 p.m. CST on Saturday, RCMP said in a release early Sunday morning.
Watetch had been wanted on charges of second-degree murder and robbery with violence in connection with the death of Joseph Lyle Bellegarde, 22, according to RCMP. The charges have not been proven in court.
Bellegarde, who was from Regina, died of injuries he suffered in the early hours of Dec. 1 in Fort Qu'Appelle, located about 70 kilometres northeast of the capital city.
While police have not outlined exactly what happened, they have said Bellegarde died from stab wounds.
Another suspect, 25-year-old Preston Clarence Buffalocalf, was charged with robbery with violence in connection with the incident in Fort Qu'Appelle.
On Friday, RCMP found and arrested Buffalocalf on the Nekaneet First Nation near Maple Creek, Sask.
Buffalocalf was also charged in connection with an unrelated stabbing that sent a 24-year-old man to hospital earlier this month.
Three other men have been in custody on charges related to Bellegarde's death since December.
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