Update:

After responding to the complaint in Yellow Grass, on April 20, 2017, the RCMP had identified a suspect, along with a description of the white, Dodge truck he was driving.

RCMP located the vehicle heading west on Highway #1 near Swift Current. After police activated emergency equipment, the vehicle failed to stop.

Kevin Okafor was detained with the assistance of Swift Current and Morse RCMP officers after a spike belt was successfully deployed.

The vehicle being driven was rendered inoperable and entered the ditch, coming to a stop on its side.

The suspect was uninjured and arrested at the scene resulting in the additional driving-related offences listed below.

RCMP state in a release that "At no point was there any risk or danger to other motorists."

 

9:13 am

The man involved in Thursday night's motor vehicle collision east of Waldeck on Highway 1, now is facing murder charges.

Kevin Obina Okafor was arrested Thursday evening at approximately 11:30 p.m. after a westbound white pickup truck that he was driving rolled into the ditch.

The Yellow Grass resident is being charged with one count of first-degree murder, following the suspicious death of Abbie Speir, whose body was found Thursday evening following a house fire in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan.

The 37-year-old Okafor is also facing one count of flight from a peace officer and one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

RCMP have confirmed that Okafor and 33-year-old Speir were known to each other.

Okafor remains in custody and will appear in Regina Provincial Court on Monday, April 24, 2017, at 9:30 am.

 

 Abbie Speir (Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan RCMP)