RCMP charge a pair of men with second-degree murder after Blood Tribe homicide investigation

STANDOFF – The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has charged two men with second-degree murder following an investigation into the death of a man on the Blood Tribe.

On Feb. 23, the Blood Tribe Police Service responded to a report of a man in distress shortly after 11 p.m., but after they responded and transported the man to Chinook Regional Hospital he was pronounced dead.

At this point, the RCMP Major Crimes Unit South took carriage of what was determined to be a homicide investigation.

An investigation, done in part with the RCMP Interview Assistance Team, Blood Tribe Police, and Cardston RCMP, resulted in 36-year-old Stanley Troy Big Sorrel Horse and 32-year-old Justin Chad Big Sorrel Horse being charged with second-degree murder in relation to the homicide of 26-year-old Rance Bearhat.