Myles Sanderson shown under arrest moments after RCMP forced his stolen truck off the highway.
A public coroner’s inquest into Myles Sanderson’s death has heard the mass killer died of "acute cocaine overdose," and that his arrest by the RCMP did not cause or contribute to his death.WARNING: Some content may be distressing to readers
Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist, Dr. Shaun Ladham, testified at the inquest Tuesday afternoon. He testified the Saskatoon police investigation into Sanderson's death found his arrest by the RCMP did not cause or contribute to his death. An inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson, the man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and the nearby community of Weldon in September 2022, is running in Saskatoon this week.
"My reasonable conclusion is that he was ingesting cocaine at the end of the pursuit — prior to being pulled out and arrested — and in fact it was still in his grasp when they pulled him out of the vehicle," Kane said.Kane read from a document describing what happened during Sanderson's arrest. Kane wrote the 45-page report that analyzed the Sanderson's arrest on Sept. 7. Saskatoon police interviewed 15 officers and paramedics who were directly involved that day.It used information from a preliminary autopsy from Ladham, according to Kane. At the investigation's conclusion, it found there was no indication that RCMP caused or contributed to Sanderson's death.