A Coroner’s inquest in Saskatoon is learning key details in the death of Miles Sanderson he killed 11 people at James Smith creation and Welden Saskatchewan in 2022 Sanderson died from an acute cocaine overdose ingested right before he was arrested a preliminary investigation found there was no indication the rcmb caused or
Contributed to his death Sam Samson is at this inquest and she spoke exclusively about today’s proceedings with Vanessa Burns miles sanderson’s former partner I understand this is difficult so if you don’t want to answer a question you don’t have to but as the video is playing and we’ve seen this a
Couple of times now of the video of sanderson’s arrest and potentially the moment he died what’s running through your mind as you’re watching this video a lot of thoughts are running through my mind a lot of emotions um just hearing it his voice again was very triggering for me and can you recall
Some of those emotions that you’re feeling is it anger is it surprise it’s anger and it’s it’s anger sadness and like confusion at the same time like why were you surprised at all that um miles died from an overdose specifically no I’m not surprised I kind of figured that didn’t they get
Going how well like the drugs that he had and also told me like he when we were in together those last two weeks he did say that he was going to commit suicide with uh a fenol bill so I just assumed he did so did that WR and yeah as you mentioned
You were with him for the days leading up to the stabbings and everything and you know I just want to ask you why you stayed to watch the video because some people left including mil’s mom um she was very emotional as the video played and you’ve been staying so why did you
Stay to watch for closure uh I don’t really just stayed because as it was just unfolding you know that’s something that I needed to see I guess to for closure mostly and I guess just the fact that what he did to my family I just wanted to
See how it all ended yeah how it all ended yeah and let’s recap for people so Miles killed your father and he injured your mother um he was also very abusive towards you for years and years and years um and you have children together too so now that this inquest is coming
To an end this week deep breath like how are you hoping to move forward with your family um well now that this is over we we don’t have to like worry like about like well I don’t even know how to explain it um we’re just ready to move on so like
This is all closure for us like getting all our questions answered and it’s it’s been closure for me this inquest also so it’s it’s going to help us move on yeah thank you and I just want to point to the ribbon that you have there if we
Could take a look at the ribbon uh just tell us what it is it is uh my late father it’s the memory a loving memory of Earl mvin burn senior and his birth date and the day he passed it also has his favorite team Toronto Maple Leafs Go
Leafs yeah well thank you so much for your time Vanessa and I really do hope this brings a closure yes it is yes thank you that’s Vanessa Burns that’s miles sanderson’s EXC common law partner we’re here at the uh inquest into miles’s death uh which was in RCMP
Custody back uh in September 20122
A week-long public coroner’s inquest has heard that Myles Sanderson, the James Smith Cree Nation mass killer, died of an ‘acute cocaine overdose,’ and that his arrest in September 2022 by the RCMP did not cause or contribute to his death. The inquest, which began in Saskatoon on Monday, aims to establish when, where and how the mass killer died. Sanderson’s former partner Vanessa Burns says the inquest has been ‘closure’ for her.
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