2nd woman charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Peri Redwood

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On Oct. 13, 2021, police were dispatched to a house in the 1700 block Ottawa Street after a report of a dead person.  (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC - image credit)
On Oct. 13, 2021, police were dispatched to a house in the 1700 block Ottawa Street after a report of a dead person. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC - image credit)

A second person has been charged in connection with the killing of Peri Redwood, 24, last fall.

On Oct. 13, 2021, Regina police were dispatched to a house in the 1700 block Ottawa Street after a report of a dead person.

An investigation by the major crimes unit lead to a first arrest in February. Officers arrested Hope Cyr, 23, of the Punnichy District on a charge of second-degree murder.

On Saturday, a second woman was arrested and charged in connection with the case. Thirty-two-year-old Regina resident Jenell Cote is charged with second-degree murder.

Cote made her first court appearance in provincial court on Monday.

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