Father wants answers in toddler’s death

Chris Martell remembers his 22-month-old son as a “good little boy”. He plans to honor him by continuing to demand answers to questions surrounding his death while he was in the care of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services.

“Everybody wanted to be with him… He listened, he ate everything you put in front of him,” said Martell of his son Evander Lee Daniels who died June 8, while in foster care on a farm near Aberdeen.

An autopsy concluded that Daniels had died from drowning. It was also reported the child was found with scald burns on his body, which may have contributed to his death.

The Saskatoon RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating the incident, where the child died while in the care of foster parents who were responsible for a total of five children-four foster children and one offspring.

As of Sage press time, no other details surrounding the incident have been released.