New book tells mysterious story of Saskatoon Blades player’s death

He spent two years investigating the situation, finding serious discrepancies around McPherson's death.

“Duncan was a public person, a hockey player. Canadian internal affairs was in on it, so I thought 'why aren't they investigating this?’” Leake said.

He found that many people involved ignored or even covered up evidence because it was inconvenient or they had outside pressures to do so.

“In the mountains an abandoned car is a very reliable sign that something happened to the driver.”

In the end, Leake finds the revelation of McPherson's death, and gives closure to his parents.

Employing ski crash experts and others, Leake's investigation found that McPherson had some sort of accident on a ski slope, was brushed aside and became covered in snow. Leake found he remained there until a snow caterpillar came upon him.

“His hands were severed at the same cutting angle on both hands, so that does suggest that he was alive when he got sucked into this machine,” explained Leake.

The author was at McNally Robinson for a book signing Thursday evening.

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by Jared Knoll

New book tells mysterious story of Saskatoon Blades player’s death

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