Family of Aaron Gamble hopes people in surveillance video will come forward

The stepdaughter of Aaron (Chuck) Gamble, 54, a teacher whose remains were found in a garbage bin in Saskatoon more than two years ago, is sending a message to the three people she believes knows what happened to her stepfather. “They know who they are, and let’s just hope that they have the heart to tell us (what happened) one day,” said Sylver Okemaysim from her home in Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation. “I just hope they come forward because you know his children still need closure. The Gamble and Cameron family need closure.” On March 23, 2023, Okemaysim said she ran into Gamble at Dodgies, the local gas station at Beardy’s and Okemasis, located northeast of Saskatoon. She said he hugged her and told her he was waiting for some people to give him a ride to Saskatoon. “And that’s the last time I seen him,” said Okemaysim. According to the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), later that evening on March 24, 2023 at around 12:15 a.m., surveillance video from an apartment shows three people wheeling a large container to a garbage bin in the west end of Saskatoon in the Meadowgreen neighborhood. The three people police are calling “persons of interest” stop what they’re doing when a cab is seen dropping someone off up the street. One of the people appears to be dancing while waiting. The police video then cuts to the three people picking up their belongings and walking away from the garbage bin with a dolly. At around 6:30 p.m., police were called after a body was discovered inside the garbage bin. Police said foul play may be involved in Gamble’s death, but have not said how he died. “That was just a very disturbing thing to witness and for them to leave him like he was nothing, it hurts,” said Okemaysim, who added that she still shares the surveillance video hoping someone will recognize the suspects. Police are also asking for the public’s help in identifying the three people in the video. “The Saskatoon Police Service continues to investigate this 2023 homicide but we do not have any public update to provide. As it remains an active investigation … we encourage anyone with information they believe to be at all relevant to the investigation to contact us directly,” said Joshua Grella, an SPS spokesperson. Gamble with one of his grandchildren in an undated photo. Courtesy of the family. Gamble, who is from Beardy’s and Okemasis, is being remembered as a man with a kind heart and gentle soul, who was the father of seven children and grandfather to many more. He obtained his teaching degree at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and taught in Montreal Lake, Cumberland House, Loon Lake and Beardy’s and Okemasis. “He was our male figure in our life; we had our fathers but we had Chuck and Chuck was always there,” said Okemaysim. “He raised us and he was the reason why me and my sister got our education because he always reminded us all the time, education is so important, its going to take you so much further in life.” Gamble’s sister Emelia Greyeyes told media covering the story that having no answers in the investigation for more than two years has been very hard on the families. “The way he was murdered and thrown away like garbage, nobody deserves that. It’s been trying, it’s been tough. The waiting and being patient is a lot to take on.” “I don’t know who would want to hurt him, I don’t know who would want to hurt someone so fragile – he was a very sickly man who lived with diabetes,” added Okemaysim. Anyone who has information about this homicide investigation can call the Saskatoon Police Service at 1-306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Watch Creeson’s report here: Continue Reading