The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Misha Pavelick during a 2006 graduation party at a campground near Regina Beach had a knife in his pocket that night, a witness says.

Kyle Edwards testified Wednesday at the jury trial at Regina Court of King's Bench for the 36-year-old accused, who can't be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because he was 17 years old at the time. Edwards was 18 on the night Pavelick died at the Kinookimaw campground near Regina Beach, about 45 kilometres northwest of Regina, on May 21, 2006.

Edwards said he and his roommate Dustin Scudder both left the house with a knife that night. Scudder testified earlier in the trial that he brought a knife, but discarded it before entering the campground.

Edwards said he was part

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