Saskatchewan teen accused in baby boy’s death had escaped custody

On Sunday morning police responded to a report of an injured infant at a home in the 200 block of Waterloo Crescent.

Justice officials say the teenage girl accused of killing a baby boy in Saskatoon on the weekend had escaped custody the day before the death.

The Saskatoon police major crimes unit, forensic identification unit and the provincial coroner are investigating.

Police have said the teen was not related to the baby boy. The girls met her downtown, she like, had nowhere to go. He was taken to hospital where police said he died of his injuries.

Ministry of Justice spokesman Drew Wilby said the girl was seen leaving an open-custody youth facility at about 1:45 a.m. on Saturday.

“All I want to say is there be justice served for my grandson Nikosis Jace. I raised my children to respect, to help out people in need”, he said.

“This is what she came back; give me back thanks like this, taking my grandson away from us”, he said. She was returned to open custody in Saskatoon in April.

The teen, who cannot be named due to her age, had been staying at the Kilburn Hall detention facility in open custody, meaning that she could be charged if she left.

A 16-year-old girl accused of second-degree murder in the death of a six-week-old boy in Saskatoon is not a friend of the child’s family, according to the infant’s grandfather.

Longman reiterated he did not know the accused before walking away with family members in tow. She is also charged with breaching two conditions: keeping the peace and being of good behaviour and abstaining from drugs and alcohol.

Yesterday the teen made her first court appearance for the second-degree murder charge. But if they do, they are breaking the law.

The baby’s family is holding a candlelight vigil for the baby Tuesday night.

The girl was sentenced last December to 10 months in open custody for break and enter, arson, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon and robbery with a weapon.