Karina Wolfe death: Saskatoon police charge man with 2nd-degree murder
A 33-year-old man arrested by Saskatoon police in connection with Karina Wolfe's death and disappearance has been charged with second-degree murder and with offering an indignity to her remains.
Earlier Friday, Saskatoon police confirmed that Wolfe, who disappeared from the city in July 2010, was killed and that a man had been arrested on Thursday.
The woman's remains were located on Nov. 14, after police received a tip a few days earlier.
Wolfe went missing in July 2010. She was last seen on the city's west side, and police were immediately concerned because of her high-risk lifestyle. She was 20 years old and had just moved back home with her family.
Her mother, Carol, told CBC News her daughter had struggled with an addiction to crystal methamphetamine, a highly-addictive street drug.
Wolfe caught a ride with a friend to Saskatoon's west side on July 2, 2010, and that was the last time she was seen.
The 33-year-old is scheduled to see a justice of the peace Friday. He will appear in provincial court in Saskatoon on Monday morning.
Investigation active for years, police say
In a media scrum called by Saskatoon police late Friday morning, spokeswoman Alyson Edwards said Wolfe's remains were found in a marshy area northwest of the city. She confirmed police will identify the exact location on Monday.
Edwards also noted "this has been an open and active investigation for more than five years. We haven't wanted Karina to be forgotten about."
Wolfe's family and friends organized vigils to keep her in the public consciousness each year since her disappearance.
Her unsolved disappearance was one of 240 missing and murdered indigenous woman and girls whose cases were confirmed by CBC News.
Investigators who followed up on the original tip received earlier this month included the coroner's officer, forensic anthropologist Ernie Walker, the RCMP cold case major crime unit, the Corman Park Police Service, the SPS major crime unit and the missing persons unit. All were involved in excavating Wolfe's remains.
DNA testing confirmed that the remains belonged to Wolfe, although that information was not immediately released to the public.
With files from CBC's Devin Heroux and Dan Zakreski