SaskatchewanThe man charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Misha Pavelick during a 2006 graduation party at a campground near Regina Beach had a knife in his pocket that night, a witness told the jury trial Wednesday.Jury has heard conflicting testimony about knivesAliyah Marko-Omene · CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2025 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesMisha Pavelick, 19, was stabbed to death at a party on May 21, 2006, near Regina Beach. (Submitted by Saskatchewan RCMP)The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Misha Pavelick during a 2006 graduation party at a campground near Regina Beach had a knife in his pocket that night, a witness says. Kyle Edwards testified Wednesday at the jury trial at Regina Court of King’s Bench for the 36-year-old accused, who can’t be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because he was 17 years old at the time. Edwards was 18 on the night Pavelick died at the Kinookimaw campground near Regina Beach, about 45 kilometres northwest of Regina, on May 21, 2006.Edwards said he and his roommate Dustin Scudder both left the house with a knife that night. Scudder testified earlier in the trial that he brought a knife, but discarded it before entering the campground. Edwards said he was part of a group of people, including the accused, who went to the campground uninvited. He said that at one point, he saw Scudder hand a knife to the accused. Edwards said he did not see the knife again after that. Crown prosecutor Adam Breker asked if Edwards had taken his knife out or used it at any point. He said he didn’t, but later said he took it out by accident when someone asked him for a lighter. During cross-examination, defence lawyer Andrew Hitchcock challenged that remark and showed a video of one of Edwards’s interviews with police, days after Pavelick’s death.In the police interview, Edwards told an officer that Scudder spoke to him the morning after the party about handing the accused a knife and how it was missing. Hitchcock asked Edwards if it’s possible that when he told the jury he had seen this happen, his recollection had actually been influenced by what his roommate said to him. “It could have, yeah,” said Edwards. Hitchcock suggested there had been a time when police were very interested in Edwards’s knife and told him he could be a potential suspect. On May 23, 2006, Edwards told police the knife was in his bedroom, the court heard. Two days later, he told police he had misplaced the knife and he was concerned his prints were on it. “Because somebody got murdered, obviously,” he said to Hitchcock.Hitchcock then played a video of a police interview where Edwards said he might have given the knife to another person, Scott Nelson, that night. The trial, which is in its second week, continues Wednesday afternoon.ABOUT THE AUTHORAliyah Marko-Omene is a reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. She has previously worked for CBC and Toronto Star in Toronto. You can reach her at aliyah.marko@cbc.ca.
Murder trial witness recalls knife exchange at campground before Misha Pavelick died
