As the youngest Staff Sergeant ever to work there, the K-Division headquarters in Edmonton assigned Mark to the nearby Sherwood Park detachment when he arrived in Alberta. While he wasn’t happy with the desk job, he enjoyed the camaraderie of his fellow Mounties passing through daily. The paperwork was tedious.
The morning of his aunt’s murder began with an uneventful litany of misdemeanors and more serious offenses. An accident on Baseline Road led to a DUI charge for the driver, who staggered into the station, was booked, and let go on his own recognizance as it was a first offense. Though the man’s car was wrecked and towed away, the accident involved no injuries, mercifully (and astonishingly, Mark thought). He followed up on a shooting near Range Road 220. He reviewed various misdeme
