Saskatoon police: Murder charge laid in Megan Gallagher homicide

Murder charges in Megan Gallagher case WATCH: Police announced that a fifth person has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the disappearance of Megan Gallagher.

Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) has laid murder charges in the case of a missing Saskatoon woman.

SPS said they had five officers and assistance from BC RCMP on Sept. 20 to arrest Robert “Bobby” James Thomas, 27. at a residence in Prince George.

“He is being transported back to Saskatoon where he will appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court later this week,” SPS said in a press release.

News of the arrest comes two years after Gallagher went missing. Her body still has not been found but police said they have new leads.

“We can also announce today that we'll be launching a search for Megan a physical search of an area of the South Saskatchewan River, which investigators have identified as an area of interest,” Deputy Chief Randy Huisman said.

“This investigation is far from over. There's many moving parts and details of the upcoming multi agency search will be revealed in the coming days,” he added,

“We've been through the first anniversary of that and it was challenging. It's not something I've ever thought that I’d have to experience, and I'm sure it's similar for so many other people here,” Gallagher’s father Brian said.

Police began treating Megan’s disappearance as a homicide in January 2021.

John Wayne Sanderson, Ernest Whitehead, Roderick William Sutherland and Jessica Sutherland all face the charge of indignity to human remains, but this is the first homicide charge in the case.

“This is the fifth arrest made by the SPS in connection to the homicide of Megan Gallagher,” an SPS media release said.

Further arrests are expected as the investigation continues.

With files from Pat McKay