Warning: This story contains graphic details about life-saving measures. A Regina court heard from four witnesses on the second day of the trial for the man charged with second-degree murder in the 2006 death of Misha Pavelick, including a man who said he brought one of the weapons to a party the night Pavelick was killed. A now 36-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Pavelick’s death. His name is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because he was 17 at the time.On Monday, Crown attorney Adam Breker told the jury at the trial, being held at Regina Court of King’s Bench before Justice Catherine Dawson, that witnesses will reveal two knives were brought by an “uninvited group” who attended the graduation party. The trial heard from a man who said he owned one of those knives on Tuesday. Dustin Scudder said on the night Pavelick was killed, he drove up to the Kinookimaw campground near Regina Beach, about 45 kilometres northwest of Regina, in one of two cars filled with a handful of people looking to party. He said the accused was driving the other car the night of May 21. Scudder said he had put a folding-knife into his pocket earlier that night, but decided to throw it on the ground before heading down to the campfire. He said his roommate, Kyle Edwards, had also packed a knife that night, but he wasn’t sure if it was brought into the campground.Scudder said it wasn’t long after they arrived that he saw Andrew Perkins, one of the boys he travelled to the campground with, arguing with Pavelick. He believes the argument was about a girl, he told the court.Scudder testified he tried to stop the two of them from fighting, but as he turned to walk away when he thought things had cooled off, he felt beer splash all over him. “All I remember is Perkins getting bottled by Misha,” he said, adding he was very drunk and it was 20 years ago.Scudder said that interaction sparked a much larger “tussle” between the friends of the two boys. “[They were] grabbing each other, people pushing,” he said. Scudder said he did not participate in the group fight or see anyone with weapons, but he said he was also distracted because he was arguing with a girl at the time.Scudder left with the same group he went to the campground with, which included the accused, and headed to Regina Beach. The prosecutor asked if there was ever any conversation about weapons at any point at Regina Beach, including the knife brought by Edwards. Scudder said there wasn’t.”I thought he had it,” he testified.The Crown asked if Scudder knew what had become of his knife by the end of the night. Scudder said he didn’t. He was shown a picture of a yellow folding knife, which he confirmed was his.The Crown had shown that photo to the jury on Monday, saying that knife did not have the DNA of the accused on it, but it had the DNA of Derek Enns — who was also stabbed that night — and Scott Nelson, who has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in that incident. Defence attorney Andrew Hitchcock asked if Scudder told police the knife ended up in the hands of Scott Nelson. Scudder said he didn’t know Nelson well or know that he ever had his knife. “All I know is I had thrown it,” said Scudder. He said he didn’t ask anyone at the campground where the knife was after or try to track it down at any point. A friend had told him Pavelick was killed later that evening, he testified. “I thought he was lying to me,” said Scudder. ‘Had no idea what had transpired’: policeThe trial also heard Tuesday from one of the first officers to arrive at the campground where Pavelick was killed, who said police were not aware of the graduation celebration happening over that May long weekend.RCMP Cpl. Sheri-Lynne Fedorowich was stationed near Regina Beach for her shift on the night of May 21, 2006. Fedorowich said it had been a quiet night for her and the two other officers on duty until she received a call around 11:40 p.m. CST that a boy had been stabbed. Fedorowich said police did not have the exact location, but knew the boy had been sitting in a vehicle somewhere in the Kinookimaw campground.”We didn’t know there was another individual that had been stabbed at that point,” she said. Fedorowich said police found the wounded teen, now known to be Derek Enns, at a vehicle near a dead-end road just off Highway 54, which leads into the Kinookimaw campground.”He was stabbed in the leg. He was bleeding profusely,” she said. Fedorowich said she requested medical assistance, and it was at that time she received information that another boy had “possibly” been stabbed in the campground. She and another officer travelled down a long dirt road until they were met by a dozen intoxicated teens screaming that a boy had been stabbed and to follow them, she testified.She described the campground, surrounded by dozens of trees, as extremely chaotic and filled with over 100 intoxicated teens throwing beer cans and screaming. She said she found Pavelick further into the campground, lying on his back near a bonfire with a dozen teens surrounding him.Fedorowich said one of those teens had been performing CPR while another was on the phone, being guided by police. “We had no idea what had transpired,” she said.WATCH | Murder trial for man accused of killing teen in 2006 begins:Murder trial for man accused of killing teen in 2006 beginsNearly two decades after Misha Pavelick died, the jury trial for the 36-year-old man accused of killing him has begun. Pavelick, 19, was killed at a campground near Regina Beach over the May long weekend in 2006. She started to assess Pavelick and directed her partner to take over CPR. She quickly felt around the teen’s neck area, but could not feel a pulse or hear any signs of breathing, she testified. Fedorowich said he appeared to be bleeding from the nose and mouth, and his shorts and red, jersey-style top were soaked in blood. She said the surrounding teens were evidently becoming more upset. “There was indication that they were going to hurt us if I didn’t save the subject laying on the ground.”She performed another 10 to 15 rounds of compressions, but Pavelick’s mouth began to stiffen and he had gone cold, she said. “There were sounds coming out of his chest area.”She found a stab wound in his chest shortly after, she told court. Paramedics were called to the scene shortly after midnight and were greeted by drunken teens throwing beer bottles and jumping on the ambulance, Fedorowich said. “It was pretty out of control.”Pavelick was moved to the ambulance, where he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after midnight.The trial, which is expected to last four weeks, continues on Wednesday.
Murder trial hears from witness who brought a knife to party where Misha Pavelick was killed in 2006
