Defence closes case in Andrew Rosenfeldt murder trial with Saskatoon police testimony

Dan Zakreski · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 2:27 PM EST | Last Updated: November 6

The defence successful the Andrew Rosenfeldt execution proceedings closed its lawsuit Thursday with 2 constabulary officers testifying astir getting called to assistance a young women successful a intelligence wellness situation successful September 2022.

That pistillate was 20-year-old Nykera Brown. She had archetypal called constabulary astir 8 p.m. connected Sept. 8 asking for assistance due to the fact that of suicidal thoughts. An serviceman drove her to Royal University Hospital.

Two hours later, different officers were called to the University Bridge and rescued Brown, who was lasting connected the railing, tribunal heard.

Brown died of a azygous gunshot coiled to the caput successful the couple's Avenue P South flat connected Nov. 15, 2022. Rosenfeldt, present 28, is connected proceedings astatine Court of King's Bench earlier Justice Heather Macmillan-Brown, charged with second-degree murder.

The defence is suggesting that she killed herself.

Nykera Brown died of a azygous gunshot coiled to the caput successful a Saskatoon flat connected Nov. 15, 2022. (Nykera Brown/Facebook)

Const. David Clarke testified that helium was sent to 124 Avenue P South astir 8 p.m. connected Sept. 8 "for a termination successful progress." He arrived to find Brown sitting connected the beforehand step, helium said.

They spoke and Clarke said she indicated "she had aggregate options to see termination that day." She added that she had stopped taking her prescribed medications "and was having convulsive and suicidal ideations," Clarke said.

He drove her to Royal University Hospital, wherever she was admitted.

Const. Cameron Graves testified that helium was sent to the University Bridge astir 10 p.m. that nighttime aft a study of a pistillate lasting connected the factual railing, holding onto a airy standard.

That pistillate was Nykera Brown, helium said.

Multiple officers arrived and approached her from antithetic directions. At 1 point, portion speaking with an officer, she fto spell of the airy modular and crouched down. Graves said helium was capable to propulsion her disconnected the railing.

She was arrested nether a intelligence wellness warrant.

Defence lawyer Chris Murphy did not telephone Rosenfeldt to testify.

Murphy and Crown authoritative Elizabeth Addabor are scheduled to marque closing arguments Nov. 14.