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A 40-year-old man was sentenced to a life sentence for the murder of Amanda Keewatin on Okanese First Nation.
James Stonechild pleaded guilty to the offence and was sentenced on Wednesday at Regina’s Court of King’s Bench.
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Stonechild was also given no chance of parole for 10 years, a lifetime firearm prohibition, and was subjected to a DNA order.
According to an RCMP news release, File Hills Police Service was responding to a report about an injured person at a home on Okanese in September 2024.
There, officers found Keewatin, who was pronounced dead on scene by paramedics.
Keewatin, 32, was from Peepeekisis Cree Nation. Stonechild himself was a resident of Okanese First Nation, which is located about 16 kilometres northeast of Fort Qu’Appelle.
