Charges stayed for 3 people accused in 2020 killing of Eagleson Thomas
Body of 23-year-old discovered in basement of Avenue G house
The Crown has stayed charges against three people initially accused with killing Eagleson Thomas and hiding his body in the basement of a house in Saskatoon.
Jordan Rodney Gamble was charged with first-degree murder and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in provincial court on June 18, but that never went ahead. The prosecution stayed the charge against the 42-year-old on June 13.
No reason was provided.
Two Saskatoon women were also charged with accessory after the fact in connection with the killing. The charge against Caroline Sutherland was stayed in January and the charge against Hannah Blais was stayed in March.
The stays end a case that began in the fall of 2020 with a 23-year-old reported missing by his family.
Thomas was last seen in Saskatoon on Aug. 14. He was reported missing on Sept. 10, police said in a news release at the time.
Thomas's family taped missing person posters on poles through the neighbourhoods around St. Paul's Hospital and south toward the river, as these were areas he was known to hang out. Days after reporting Thomas missing, his family got a tip to check out the shuttered houses on Avenue G S.
"We were all frightened," a family member told CBC.
"My boy went and stood outside and was walking by those houses and both those houses, you could smell death in them, even by the street."
Police had to tear off plywood sheeting that had been nailed over the house's windows. Charring from earlier fires was still visible around the frames.
The 23-year-old's remains were inside the house.
Jordan Gamble was arrested and charged with the murder in June 2024. He was a prisoner at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary at the time.
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