![A 20-day jury trial didn't proceed in Battleford Court of King's Bench Monday for Robert [Bob] Wesley Pich and John Robert Gregoire. They are accused of kidnapping and killing Edward [Ted] Geddes back in April 2011.](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/sasktoday/images/courts/battlefordkingsbench.jpg;w=960;h=640;bgcolor=000000)
BATTLEFORD – A 20-day jury trial that was scheduled to start in Battleford Court of King's Bench Monday for two men accused of kidnapping and killing Edward [Ted] Geddes back in April 2011 has been adjourned. A new date will be set.
Robert [Bob] Wesley Pich, now 61, and John Robert Gregoire, now 72, are charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping with a firearm. In addition, Pich is also charged with careless use of a firearm, while Gregoire faces an additional charge of indecently interfering with human remains.
Pich and Gregoire were arrested in February 2022 after an almost year-long investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit and RCMP Major Crime Unit.
Ted Geddes was 64-years-old when he was last seen in April 2011 in the Baldwinton area. Police had gone to Geddes' home in Baldwinton with an arrest warrant in an unrelated incident, and they found his dog dead in the entrance way. Police say the dog’s death wasn’t from natural causes. At the time, Geddes was wanted for theft over $5,000 stemming from an offence in April 2011 in nearby Neilburg.
After a nearly month-long search, police found human remains on private land in a rural area approximately three kilometres southwest of Baldwinton in mid-October 2022. RCMP say the person located is believed to be Edward [Ted] Geddes. RCMP have never confirmed that the remains were that of Geddes.
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