SaskatoonThe Crown is dropping a jailhouse informant who had been expected to testify about a conversation with accused killer Andrew Rosenfeldt.Expert testifies on the source of DNA detected on a sawed-off rifle at the sceneDan Zakreski · CBC News · Posted: Oct 28, 2025 7:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesA gun wrapped in tape, found hidden in the box spring of a bed in the apartment where Nykera Brown died. (Court of King’s Bench)The Crown prosecutor in the Andrew Rosenfeldt murder trial is not calling a jailhouse informant to testify.Rosenfeldt, now 28, is on trial for second-degree murder at Saskatoon Court of King’s Bench before Justice Heather MacMillan-Brown. Elizabeth Addabor is the prosecutor.It’s alleged Rosenfeldt murdered his girlfriend Nykera Brown, 20, in their apartment on Nov. 15, 2022. She died of a single gunshot wound, with the barrel of the sawed-off rifle under her chin.Both Brown and Rosenfeldt were members of the Terror Squad street gang.On Tuesday, Addabor said she’s not calling as a witness a man who spent time in a cell with Rosenfeldt when he was on remand.When asked why after court, she cited “prosecutorial discretion.”The man’s identity is protected by a publication ban. He was expected to testify that Rosenfeldt confessed that he had shot Brown and then tried to make it look like a suicide.The two men shared a jail cell in the winter of 2022. The hoodie worn by Nykera Brown, who died in a Saskatoon apartment on on Nov. 15, 2022. (Court of King’s Bench) An RCMP forensic specialist also testified on Tuesday.Connie Leung prepared a report on the gun found hidden in a box spring in the apartment, as well as some of its components and articles of clothing identified as belonging to Rosenfeldt and Brown.Her report concluded that Brown was the major contributor of DNA found in blood on the rifle trigger guard.Under questioning from Addabor, she said the DNA could have come from the bed shared by the couple. Witnesses testified earlier that the rifle had been on the bed and that Brown — wearing black gloves — had moved it prior to her death.”Would there be a DNA transfer (wearing gloves)?” Addabor asked.”Very unlikely,” Leung replied.However, she said if the gun had been placed on a bed shared by the couple, and the bedding, pillows and sheets were not cleaned frequently, it’s possible that’s how her DNA came to be on the weapon.The trial continues Wednesday.ABOUT THE AUTHORDan Zakreski is a reporter in Saskatoon.
Crown drops jailhouse informant from witness list at Saskatoon murder trial
