Karina Wolfe death: Saskatoon police charge man with 2nd-degree murder

A 33-year-old man arrested by Saskatoon police in connection with Karina Wolfe's death and disappearance has been charged with second-degree murder and with offering an indignity to herremains.

Earlier Friday, Saskatoon police confirmedthatWolfe, who disappeared from the city in July 2010, was killed and that a man had been arrested on Thursday.

The woman's remains were located on Nov. 14, after police received a tip a few days earlier.

• Missing and Murdered:The case of Karina Wolfe

Wolfewent missing in July2010. She was last seen on the city's west side, and police were immediately concerned because of her high-risk lifestyle. She was 20 years old and had just moved back home with her family.

Her mother, Carol,told CBC News her daughterhad struggled with an addiction to crystal methamphetamine, a highly-addictive street drug.

Wolfe caught a ride with a friend to Saskatoon's west side onJuly 2, 2010,and that was the last time she was seen.

The 33-year-oldis scheduled to see a justice of the peace Friday.He willappear in provincial court in Saskatoonon Mondaymorning.

Investigationactivefor years, police say

In a media scrum called by Saskatoon police late Friday morning, spokeswomanAlysonEdwards saidWolfe'sremains were found in a marshy areanorthwest of the city. She confirmed police will identify the exact location on Monday.

Edwards also noted "thishas been an open and active investigation for more than five years. We haven't wanted Karina tobe forgotten about."

Wolfe'sfamily and friends organized vigils to keep her in the public consciousness each year since her disappearance.

Her unsolved disappearance was one of 240 missing and murdered indigenous woman and girls whose cases were confirmedby CBC News.

Investigators who followed up on the original tip received earlier this month included the coroner's officer, forensic anthropologist Ernie Walker, the RCMPcold case major crime unit,the Corman Park Police Service, the SPS major crime unit and the missing persons unit. Allwere involved in excavating Wolfe's remains.

DNA testing confirmed that the remains belonged to Wolfe,although that information was not immediately released to the public.