Father of Saskatoon homicide victim says son was more than his addictions [Video]

Terry Romanski says he knew by the May long weekend that something bad had happened to his son.

Terry runs a sandblasting business in Alberta. He said his son Chad Romanski, 31, struggled with addictions through much of his adult life — sobriety was a moving target — but that Chad never completely lost touch with family. By May, Chad was living “all over” in Saskatoon and fighting, again, to get clean, Terry said.

Terry said he got what proved to be a final text from Chad at 1:16 a.m. on May 13.

“Dad, can you send me $30, I’m running low on gas?”

There were no texts or phone calls after that.

Days later, Chad’s white Dodge Journey turned up on the 1500 block of Avenue F N., the keys still in it.

The family reported his disappearance to police and made a missing person poster, the image showing a gaunt young man in a ball cap with …