Alberta RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for a witness set to testify against a man accused of stabbing teenage girl to death in an Edson apartment in 2016.
The RCMP K-Division Major Crimes Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Skyler Andy Belcourt.
Belcourt, 20, was scheduled to testify for the Crown in the first-degree murder trial of Tyrell Perron.
But he never showed for his scheduled court date on Monday, police said in a statement.
A witness warrant was issued by the judge on Monday, and police are seeking information from anyone with information on Belcourt’s whereabouts.
He is a resident of Edson and police believe he may travel to surrounding communities or to Edmonton.
Tyrell James Perron, 21, is charged with the first-degree murder of a teenage girl who can only be identified by the initials D.H., due to a court-ordered publication ban. He is also accused of offering an indignity to a dead body.
On March 4, 2016, the accused allegedly used a black folding knife to stab the 14-year-old girl in the neck repeatedly while she slept, then smothered her with a pillow and sexually assaulted her.
A three-week jury trial in the case began Monday in Hinton.