Sheree Fertuck, 51, was last seen leaving her family’s farm near Kenaston, Saskatchewan, on December 7, 2015, after having lunch with her mother and heading back to the gravel pit where she worked as a hauler. Her semi-truck was found abandoned in the pit the following day with her keys, coat, and phone still inside, prompting searches by police and community volunteers that turned up no sign of her.

Investigators later focused on Sheree’s estranged husband, Gregory Fertuck, amid reports of a history of assault and threats during a contentious divorce. An undercover Mr. Big operation lasting about ten months recorded Gregory confessing that he went to the pit armed with a rifle, confronted Sheree about divorce finances, shot her twice, and disposed of her body elsewhere. That taped confession became central to the prosecution.

In 2019 Gregory Fertuck was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a human body; he later disputed the truth of the confession. In June 2024 a judge found him guilty of first-degree murder, although Sheree’s remains have not been recovered.