An indigenous woman accused of faking her death and that of her son before illegally crossing the border into the United States has indicated her intention to go to trial.
Through counsel, Dawn Walker told Saskatoon provincial court that she intends to have a judge-alone trial.
Her lawyer Tara Boghosian said Walker has also waived her right to a preliminary inquiry.
A judge recently changed a ban allowing for Walker’s name to be published.
Walker and her seven-year-old child were reported missing in July after her pickup truck was found near a river at a park south of Saskatoon. Some people feared Walker and her son had drowned in the South Saskatchewan River….