SASKATOON – Sentencing has been delayed again for a woman charged with manslaughter in 22-year-old Trinity Squirrel’s death.
Sentencing for Shanelle Crowe, 21, didn’t proceed in Saskatoon Provincial Court June 15 as scheduled. It was also adjourned on May 2. Court heard that Crowe’s previous lawyer was recently appointed as judge and she has a new lawyer. She is now scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 31.
Crowe was arrested in June 2022 and charged with second-degree murder. She pleaded guilty in February to the lesser charge of manslaughter and is out on bail.
Two others are charged in Squirrel’s murder. Bret Ian Rattlesnake, 27, and Cynthia Cheryl Chelsey Swiftwolf, 33, are both charged with second-degree murder. Their matters have gone to Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench and a trial date will be set.
Squirrel was found injured on Hodgson Road near Highway 7 about five kilometres southwest of Saskatoon at about 1:15 p.m. on April 15, 2022. He was pronounced deceased shortly after emergency responders arrived.
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