Murder Charges Dropped In Bigstone Killing

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 15:54

The youths implicated in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on the Bigstone reserve last summer are no longer facing charges of second-degree murder.

One of the youths, aged 15, had his charge reduced to manslaughter at a preliminary hearing in La Ronge yesterday.

Today, the three others also had that charge dismissed.

However, one of them is still facing a charge of unlawful interference of human remains.

The body of Johnny Abel Venne was found in the Montreal River last July.

The suspects ranged in age from 12 to 15.

No dates have been set for the trials of the two youths still facing charges.