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What Happened to Sheree Fertuck?
Episode 324: Sheree Fertuck, a 51-year-old businesswoman, mother of three, and grandmother from Saskatchewan, disappeared on December 7, 2015, after leaving her family’s lunch gathering at her mother’s farm in Kenaston to return to work at a nearby gravel pit. The next day, her abandoned gravel truck was found in the pit, with her personal belongings inside, raising immediate concerns about her unexplained disappearance. Despite extensive ground searches by her family, friends, and the police around the gravel pit and other locations, no trace of Sheree Fertuck has ever been found.
RCMP and Sheree’s family believed she was abducted, or worse, murdered. As the weeks and months passed with no sign of Sheree, suspicion fell on her estranged husband, Gregory Mitchell Fertuck, 62. The pair had been going through a contentious divorce for some years. The RCMP undertook an undercover operation to acquire a confession to Sheree’s murder. Due to legal challenges and COVID restrictions hampering proceedings, it was not until June 2024 that this case was finally resolved.
Sources:
2023 SKKB 200 (CanLII) | R. v Fertuck | CanLII
Search: Sheree Fertuck | Newspapers.com
Kenaston, Saskatchewan
History – Village of Kenaston
The Mr. Big Police Investigation - How Real Life Sting Operations Work in BC – Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group (DDLaw)
The Mr. Big Sting in Canada - Jonathan Cross, thesis
Mr. Big: Undercover Sting Operations
RCMP Mr. Big sting on accused killer Greg Fertuck began with fake contest at bar offsale in Saskatoon | CBC News
Greg Fertuck threatened to shoot, bury wife: Crown witnesses | CBC News
'I'll gut you like a fish': Daughter testifies Greg Fertuck had history of threats against her mom | CBC News
Sheree Fertuck's sisters still searching for closure, justice 7 years after disappearance | CBC News
14 days, 35 witnesses: Who has testified so far at Greg Fertuck's 1st-degree murder trial | CBC News
Greg Fertuck calls former lawyer as defence witness at his murder trial
'Show me the body': Closing arguments heard at Greg Fertuck murder trial
Greg Fertuck 'never told me that he killed Sheree,' former girlfriend testifies at murder trial | CBC News
Greg Fertuck's murder trial adjourned for final decision after closing arguments
Sheree Fertuck | News, Videos & Articles | Global News
Voir dire reopened so Fertuck can further cross-examine Crown witnesses at murder trial
Fertuck acted out killing estranged wife in secretly recorded confession video
Judge warns Greg Fertuck that court is not a 'playground' as murder trial resumes in Saskatoon | CBC News
Latest request from accused killer Fertuck 'unacceptable,' says Crown
Judge denies Fertuck's request for mistrial or to reopen murder trial
Greg Fertuck found guilty of killing ex-wife after nearly three-year long trial
Greg Fertuck found guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2015 disappearance of wife Sheree | CBC News
Gregory Fertuck guilty of first-degree murder in death of estranged wife Sheree
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