SaskatoonThe Crown proceeded by direct indictment against Darrius Racette, which sent the case directly to trial in Regina Court of King’s Bench without a preliminary inquiry.Darrius Racette to be tried by a jury in Regina Court of King’s BenchHannah Spray · CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2025 3:20 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The identities of the four people killed on Feb. 4, 2025, at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation were released by the RCMP. They were Tracey Hotomani, from left, Sheldon Quewezance, Shauna Fay and Terry Jack. (RCMP)Trial dates have been set for one of the people accused of killing four people at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation earlier this year.Darrius Racette, who was 18 at the time of the killings, faces four counts of first-degree murder. Another accused, who was 15, faces the same charges. He can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.RCMP say four people were found dead in a home on the First Nation, located about 80 kilometres east of Regina, on the morning of Feb. 4, 2025.The victims were Tracey Hotomani, 34, and Terry Jack, 51, from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation; Shauna Fay, 47, from Indian Head; and Sheldon Quewezance, 44, from Zagime Anishinabek.The Crown proceeded by direct indictment against Racette, which sent the case directly to trial in Regina Court of King’s Bench without a preliminary inquiry.The trial is set for five weeks, in front of a jury, starting on Feb. 22, 2027.The accused youth has a next appearance date of Dec. 3 in Regina provincial court.ABOUT THE AUTHORHannah Spray is a reporter and editor for CBC Saskatoon. She began her journalism career in newspapers, first in her hometown of Meadow Lake, Sask., moving on to Fort St. John, B.C., and then to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
Trial set for adult accused in quadruple homicide at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation
