Inquest to be held into murderer's death in cell at Saskatoon psychiatric centre

A public inquest into the death of convicted murdererTraigo Andrettihas been scheduled to begin later this month.

Andretti, who was serving time for two murders, was found dead in his cell at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon on July 2, 2016.

Medical personnel responded and performed CPR, butAndretticould not be revived.

Andrettiwas serving a mandatory life sentence for the first-degree murder of his wife, Jennifer McPherson, who was a longtime Winnipeg resident. He was subsequently charged wtihsecond-degree murder in the 2006 slaying of a Manitoba woman, Myrna Letandre, to which he plead guilty.

The inquest, which is to be held in Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon, is to begin Oct. 29 and will run until Nov. 2.

An inquest into the death of a person who dies in custody is mandatory, unless the coroner is satisfied that the death was due entirely to natural causes and not preventable.

The inquest is to establish who died, when and where that person died and the medical cause and manner of death. It can also make recommendations to prevent similar deaths.

Coroner Brent Gough will preside at the inquest.