SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — A person who killed 11 folks and injured 17 others died of a cocaine overdose after he was taken into police custody, a pathologist informed a coroner's inquest in Canada Tuesday .
Myles Sanderson, 32, had been on the run for a number of days within the province of Saskatchewan when police caught him on September 7, 2022.
He went into medical hassle throughout his arrest and was pronounced useless at a hospital. Officers haven’t launched particulars to date.
“There was a lot cocaine in there,” stated forensic pathologist Dr. Shaun Ladham, describing the quantity of medicine present in Sanderson's physique.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police dashboard digital camera video performed on the inquest exhibits Sanderson being arrested after a high-speed chase.
She started convulsing and was given naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses.
Three days earlier than he was captured, Sanderson went from home to accommodate on the James Smith Cree Nation and within the close by village of Weldon, slamming doorways and attacking folks.
The stabbing spree raised questions on why Sanderson — an ex-convict with 59 convictions and a protracted historical past of violence — was on the road within the first place.
Earlier Tuesday, jurors heard Sanderson ask Mounties throughout his arrest what number of he had killed.
“What number of our bodies have I bought?” he says within the dashboard video.
Sgt. Ken Kane, a Saskatoon police detective, described the video for jurors, saying Sanderson expressed shock that “no one even shot me, man.”
“It is best to have shot me,” Sanderson repeatedly tells the officers within the video.
The inquest first heard how Sanderson managed to evade seize for 3 days and 7 hours after the murders.
A name that got here in to police from a girl who stated Sanderson had damaged into her residence and stolen her truck set off a fast search all through the realm.
A separate inquiry into the bloodbath was held final month, which examined every of the killings and issued greater than two dozen suggestions.
The inquest into Sanderson's dying, which is scheduled for every week in Saskatoon, is required by legislation as a result of he died in police custody.
It’s to find out when and the place Sanderson died and the reason for his dying. The six-person jury may present recommendation.
