Confession leads Saskatoon police to Karina Wolfe’s body
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Five years after she disappeared, Saskatoon police were led to the remains of missing woman Karina Wolfe earlier this month after a Saskatoon man walked into their station and told them where they could find her body.
On Monday, the Saskatoon Police Service held a news conference detailing last month’s investigation that led them to the human remains of Wolfe just outside the northwest corner of Saskatoon.
Detective Sgt. Tyson Lavallee said 33-year-old Jerry Franklin Constant came forward on Nov. 10 and provided a story of what happened to Wolfe. He then pointed officers to the location where he allegedly left Wolfe’s body back on July 2, 2010.
Police believe she was left in that area for the full five years she was missing. At this point, police have not said how she died.
Constant is charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body in connection with Wolfe’s disappearance and death. A packed courtroom watched as he appeared on a video screen at Saskatoon Provincial Court on Monday morning.
“Today the Crown asked for an assessment to be conducted in relation to him to determine whether or not he’s going to be fit to stand trial,” Crown prosecutor Matthew Miazga said outside court.
During the court appearance, Miazga said Constant indicated he was hearing voices when he gave his statement to police and was later admitted to the Dubé Centre for Mental Health. The judge ordered a psychiatric assessment and Constant will be back in court on Dec. 8.
