Jurors hear statement from accused in 2023 Behchokǫ̀ murder retrial
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Jurors hear statement from accused in 2023 Behchokǫ̀ murder retrial
Alice Twa
Monday July 27, 2026 at 2:08pm MT
Yellowknife's courthouse. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
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As the retrial regarding a 2023 stabbing in Behchokǫ̀ entered its second week, jurors heard a statement Zakk Lafferty provided to police after he was arrested.
Deijean Drybones was found with a stab wound in Behchokǫ̀ in the early morning of August 4, 2023. He was taken to the community’s health centre and later Yellowknife’s Stanton Territorial Hospital, where he died.
Lafferty was charged with second-degree murder in 2023…
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