RCMP release names of 10 victims killed in Saskatchewan stabbings

Royal Canadian Mounted Police have released the names and photos of the 10 people killed in a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan this past Labour Day weekend.

They say it was done in collaboration with the families of the deceased and the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service.

The dead include nine people from the James Smith Cree Nation northeast of Saskatoon and one man from the nearby village of Weldon. They range in age from 23 to 78.

Here are their names and ages:

• • Thomas Burns, 23, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Carol Burns, 46, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Gregory Burns, 28, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Lydia Gloria Burns, 61, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Bonnie Burns, 48, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Earl Burns, 66, of James Smith Cree Nation (no photograph is available);
  • Lana Head, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Christian Head, 54, of James Smith Cree Nation;
  • Robert Sanderson, 49, of James Smith Cree Nation; and
  • Wesley Petterson, 78, of Weldon, Saskatchewan

The manhunt for 32-year-old suspect Myles Sanderson is entering its fourth day.

Sanderson is wanted on first-degree murder charges after the stabbing on Sunday that left 10 people dead and 18 injured.

Mounties searched but did not find Sanderson yesterday after he was reportedly seen on the James Smith Cree First Nation.

His brother Damien Sanderson, who had also been a suspect in the killings, was found dead Monday.