Neil stone child biography books
Neil stone child biography books
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Neil Stonechild
Cree wrestler
"Stonechild" redirects here. For the college, see Stone Child College.
Neil Stonechild (August 24, 1973 – November 25, 1990) was a SaulteauxFirst Nations teenager who died of hypothermia shortly after he was picked up by the Saskatoon Police Service.
There were accusations that the police service had taken him to the northwest section of the city and abandoned him in a field on a night when temperatures were below −28 °C (−18 °F).[1] The practice is known as a starlight tour, and a number of such cases in the Saskatoon area have been referred to collectively as the Saskatoon freezing deaths.[1]
Background
Stonechild was an accomplished wrestler,[2] having won a bantamweight provincial title in Saskatchewan.
He had also been convicted of breaking and entering earlier that year, and sentenced to live in a group home.[3]
Death
Stonechild's friend Jason Roy was with Stonechil