Documents show the Fredericton police filed a complaint with the New Brunswick Police Commission over an error by the force that scuttled murder cases this year.
The complaint says the stayed charges against five people “raise serious and legitimate questions regarding the adequacy of investigative procedures, including, but not limited to, [Fredericton Police Force’s] Major Case Management systems and processes.”
A copy of the complaint was among documents recently released by the city and police force in response to right-to-information requests from CBC News. The documents don’t reveal the nature of the error that led to the collapse of the cases.
The records offer a glimpse into how officials handled the development, including telling elected officials to avoid answering media questions.
On June 27, Fredericton-region murder cases came to a halt when the Crown stayed charges against Erica Lea Ann Blyth, Joshua John McIsaac, Devon Mark Hill Hood, Matthew David LeBlanc and Travis James Snowsell.
Blyth, McIsaac, Hood and LeBlanc were accused of killing Brandon Donelan. McIsaac was also accused, along with Snowsell, of killing Corey Markey.
Joshua McIsaac was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Brandon Donelan, and second-degree murder in the killing of Corey Markey. The charges were stayed in June. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
Markey was shot on Fredericton’s north side early on Dec. 21, 2022, and died in hospital eight days later. Donelan was reported missing Jan. 30, 2022. His body was found in a wooded area off a snowmobile trail between Minto and Chipman on March 31,
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