Edin Vrazalica has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter and indignity to human remains in a 2024 Saskatoon killing that Justice Richard Danyliuk described as “absolutely abhorrent,” Global News reports.

Vrazalica is one of three people who have pleaded guilty to offences connected to the death of Perkins, whose family delivered tearful victim impact statements before the sentencing decision.

Crown prosecutor Cory Bliss said the judge’s unusually forceful remarks reflected the severity of the case. According to Bliss, Danyliuk identified Vrazalica as the ringleader based on the evidence presented to the court, a view the Crown shared.

The agreed facts described Vrazalica and co-accused Dillon Singler and Chantel McLaren trafficking drugs from Vancouver to Saskatoon in 2024.

On Feb. 1 that year, Saskatoon police responded to a disturbance at 610 Lisgar Ave. They found Perkins intoxicated and apparently unharmed. Officers seized drugs matching those the accused were trafficking but did not arrest him.

Snapchat videos recorded later that day showed Perkins severely beaten and bleeding. The footage showed Vrazalica cutting off four of his fingers over missing drugs. Bliss said Vrazalica also believed Perkins had given pills to McLaren, who was Vrazalica’s girlfriend at the time.

Security footage the following day showed Vrazalica and McLaren buying cleaning supplies and large plastic containers.

Police returned to watch the home after receiving an anonymous report on Feb. 2 that Vrazalica was assaulting an unidentified man. McLaren and another woman were arrested while trying to escape. Police shot Vrazalica after he ran from the house holding what the report described as a cylindrical object.

Officers found Perkins’ remains wrapped in plastic inside a container. An autopsy determined that he died from blood loss caused by a large cut to his throat.

Perkins’ sister-in-law, Natasha Perkins, questioned how humanity could descend to such evil. His father, Cameron Perkins, said someone who butchered another person should never be allowed to walk in public again.

The Crown is not seeking a dangerous offender designation for Vrazalica. McLaren awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact. Singler, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, awaits sentencing and a dangerous offender hearing.

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