‘I just shot and killed him’: Mountie texted wife after lover’s death
Graphic details of a love affair between two men and a marriage in disarray, were read aloud in a Prince Albert courtroom Wednesday morning.
A digital forensic investigator from Calgary Police was the Crown’s final witness at Bernie Herman’s first-degree murder trial. He’s alleged to have used his RCMP-issued service pistol to shoot and kill 26-year-old Braden Herman in May 2021.
The two men are not related. Bernie Herman retired from the RCMP shortly after charges were brought forward. He is currently released on bail.
Const. Riley Babott was asked to retrieve data from cellphones belonging to Bernie Herman, Braden Herman and Bernie’s wife Janice Herman. From the phones, hundreds of screenshots, text messages, Snapchats, call logs and social media conversations were analyzed.