Father of co-accused in disappearance of Humboldt man shocked to learn of son’s charges

Jeff Canevaro can’t believe his son is one of those charged in connection with the disappearance of a Humboldt man.

“He wouldn’t hurt a fly, normally,” Canevaro said of his son, 23-year-old Joshua Dominic Canevaro. “I think he was coerced into it.”

The younger Canevaro is one of three people facing charges stemming from the disappearance of 20-year-old Allan Douglas Garrioch.

Garrioch was last seen leaving his home in Humboldt around 3 a.m., on Feb. 25. He was with three men after a fight reportedly occurred inside.

According to an RCMP news release, several ground searches were conducted in the RM of Bayne east of Saskatoon.

Early Monday morning, human remains were found. On Wednesday, the RCMP said an autopsy had confirmed the remains were those of Garrioch.

Canevaro and Tristan Daniel Morrison, 21, were arrested Saturday. A third man, 21-year-old Brettin Andrew Veilleux-Pelletier of Prince Albert, was arrested Tuesday in Prince Albert.

Canevaro appeared in court briefly via closed-circuit TV on Wednesday morning, but his case was adjourned until March 18.

He’s facing charges including kidnapping while using a firearm, forcible confinement, breaking and entering and committing an offence, assault with a weapon, and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Morrison and Veilleux-Pelletier each are facing two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and one count each of first-degree murder, indignity to a body, kidnapping while using a firearm, forcible confinement, breaking and entering and committing an offence, assault with a weapon, and wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence.

In Saskatoon on Wednesday, Jeff Canevaro arrived with a female companion to support his son, but missed the court appearance. Outside the courthouse, the elder Canevaro said he believed his son got caught up with the wrong people.

“My feelings are kind of conflicted,” Jeff said. “But I honestly feel that he got mixed up in something that was out of his control to change. This is not like my son at all. He’s a very quiet person.”

He also emphasized that his son, according to his knowledge, had never been in trouble before and kept mainly to himself.

When Jeff heard about the charges, he said he thought, “That’s not my son.”