SaskatoonThe video of a second Saskatoon police interview with Andrew Rosenfeldt obtained by CBC shows the accused killer’s story dramatically changing. Here are four key moments.Andrew Rosenfeldt dramatically alters story about Nykera Brown’s deathDan Zakreski · CBC News · Posted: Nov 06, 2025 5:02 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Det. Sgt. Rob Sampson, left, interviews Andrew Rosenfeldt on Nov. 16, 2022, one day after Nykera Brown died of a single gunshot wound in the apartment she shared with Rosenfeldt. (Court of King’s Bench)Accused killer Andrew Rosenfeldt’s claim that two masked men burst into his apartment and murdered his girlfriend Nykera Brown began to collapse 40 minutes into his second interview with police.Rosenfeldt claimed in his initial police interview, hours after Brown died of a gunshot wound to the head, that two men wearing black masks and clothing had broken into the couple’s Avenue P South apartment in Saskatoon on Nov. 15, 2022.He told Sgt. Brock Lynden that the intruders shot his 20-year-old girlfriend and then fled. He said he did not see the weapon, or know why they had shot Brown.Rosenfeldt did a second interview with police later in the day on Nov. 16, this time with Det. Sgt. Rob Sampson. The video interview was played in court at his second-degree murder trial at Court of King’s Bench before Justice Heather MacMillan-Brown.Nykera Brown died on Nov. 15, 2022, and Andrew Rosenfeldt in on trial for second-degree murder, accused of killing her. (Bunny Bankz/Facebook)In the first segment, Sampson challenged Rosenfeldt on his claim that two men broke into the apartment. Sampson explained that security cameras on the front and back of the building did not show anyone coming or leaving in the time frame when Brown died. Police interviewed every other tenant in the building, and no one matched the description, or saw anyone dressed like that.WATCH | Rosenfeldt wavers on home invasion story:Andrew Rosenfeldt wavers on the home invasion storyAn excerpt from Andrew Rosenfeldt’s second interview with Saskatoon police on Nov. 16, 2022.An hour into the interview, Sampson challenged Rosenfeldt’s claim that he did not know about the gun police discovered hidden in a box spring mattress in the apartment.He told Rosenfeldt that other people in the apartment that night told officers that a gun had been in plain view on the couple’s bed, and that police forensic experts would be analyzing the gun for DNA.Rosenfeldt admitted he hid the rifle.WATCH | ‘And then I hid it there’: Rosenfeldt talks about hiding the gun:’And then I hid it there’: Andrew Rosenfeldt talks about hiding the gunAn excerpt from Andrew Rosenfeldt’s second interview with Saskatoon police on Nov. 16, 2022.Ten minutes after getting Rosenfeldt to make the admission on hiding the gun, Sampson began pressing the 25-year-old on the growing number of contradictions in his story.Rosenfeldt was unable to account for the discrepancies.WATCH | ‘It’s confusing for me too,’ officer says about Rosenfeldt’s story:’It’s confusing for me too,’ officer says about Andrew Rosenfeldt’s storyAn excerpt from Andrew Rosenfeldt’s second interview with Saskatoon police on Nov. 16, 2022.After two hours with Sampson, Rosenfeldt claimed that despite his evolving story and the discrepancies in some details in his two interviews, he did not shoot Brown. He insisted that she killed herself after the couple argued over her discovering old posts on a social media dating site and that she had been suicidal for some time.Further, he added, if he had killed her, he said he would have done a better job cleaning up the crime scene. At that point, Sampson referenced a bloody Champion bunnyhug found on the bathroom floor.Rosenfeldt claimed it was worn by Brown, and that he only wore a grey Hurley shirt.WATCH | ‘I did not touch that bunnyhug,’ Rosenfeldt says:’I did not touch that bunnyhug,’ Andrew Rosenfeldt saysAn excerpt from Andrew Rosenfeldt’s second interview with Saskatoon police on Nov. 16, 2022.Closing arguments in the trial are scheduled for Nov. 14.ABOUT THE AUTHORDan Zakreski is a reporter in Saskatoon.
Discrepancies pile up in accused killer’s 2nd interview with Saskatoon police
