RCMP lay 1st-degree murder, kidnapping charges in 2011 investigation
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Ted Geddes was last seen in April 2011. RCMP launched a missing persons investigation after visiting his home for an unrelated incident and finding his dog dead in the entryway.
Charges have been laid in a nearly 10-year-long investigation into the disappearance of a 64-year-old man from Baldwinton, Sask.
Baldwinton is approximately 200 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.
Edward (Ted) Keith Geddes was last seen in April 2011. RCMP officers went to his home as part of an unrelated incident in mid-April that year and found Geddes’s dog dead in the entryway. The dog did not die from natural causes, police say.
Insp. Josh Graham, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP major crimes unit, said when Geddes couldn’t be found, a missing person investigation was launched.
“Ted’s disappearance was believed to be suspicious in nature shortly after. Concentrated investigative efforts were renewed in 2021 by the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit, with the assistance of the RCMP Major Crimes Unit, which ultimately led to our announcement of charges laid,” Graham stated in a release.
Robert (Bob) Wesley Pich, 58, was arrested on Sunday and charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping with a firearm, and careless use of a firearm.
Also arrested on Sunday is John Robert Gregoire, 70, who faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping with a firearm, and indecently interfering with human remains.
Both men were known to Geddes.
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