Harvey Zoerb loved horses, playing Johnny Cash on guitar and going for coffee with friends at Market Mall. The 66-year-old cancer survivor also liked the freedom to come and go from the personal care home where he lived in the Fairhaven neighbourhood in Saskatoon. Last Wednesday, June 12, his roommate said Zoerb left the home sometime between 4:30 and 5:30 a.
m. CST and walked to a nearby 7-Eleven, on the other side of Sears Park. He never came home.
"Sometimes he gets tired of waiting for breakfast and then he heads out," said Darrell Runningaround, one of Zoerb's roommates. Darrell Runningaround was one of Harvey Zoerb's roommates. (Dan Zakreski/CBC) Runningaround said he noticed the commotion that morning in the nearby Fairhaven School parking lot.
Police cruisers, fire trucks and paramedics crowded the area by the hockey rink. "The owner, the manager, come out and told us that Harvey was found outside the school." Zoerb is the city's 11th homicide this year and his death has sparked outrage and fear in the west side neighbourhood.
On the Facebook page Ward 2 and 3 Residents, many people are saying Fairhaven has changed dramatically — and for the worse — since the Saskatoon Tribal Council's emergency wellness centre opened in the fall of 2022. And they do not hesitate to share the concerns when asked in person. Saskatoon police ask for public's help as they investigate homicide near Fairhaven School On Monday morning, Bob Meyer offered his take while sitting in his truc.
