Jury in Moncton double-murder trial requests replay of Crown witness audio recordings

The jury in the Janson Baker double murder trial remains sequestered as it works towards a verdict.

The jury in Janson Baker’s murder trial has requested audio recordings of three Crown witnesses be replayed.

Justice Cameron Gunn granted that request, and hours of testimony was played back Friday afternoon.

Now that the jury is sequestered, CTV News can report what the jury didn’t hear during the roughly eight-week murder trial in Moncton, N.B.

Jury never heard about alleged confession

Nathan Wojcicki testified on Feb. 19 that Zachary Trevors confessed to killing Bernard and Rose-Marie Saulnier.

The Saulniers were shot and killed inside their Dieppe home on Sept. 7, 2019.

Janson Baker has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in their deaths.

Trevors, Baker and Wojcicki were all childhood friends and living together on Preston Crescent in Moncton at the time of the killings.

Wojcicki testified, without the jury present, that Trevors admitted to killing “old people.”

Wojcicki said Trevors was intoxicated at the time of his confession, which was several weeks after the murders.

Gunn ruled Wojcicki’s statements were hearsay and the jury never heard about the alleged confession.

The judge sent the jury home early that day of the trial.

“A legal issue has arisen, and it’s taken a little more time than expected,” said Gunn at the time.

Wojcicki returned to testify on Feb. 23, but Trevors’ confession was not brought up.

Baker is also one of five people that have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder against Sylvio Saulnier, son of Bernard and Rose-Marie.

Baker, Jesse Todd Logue, Nicholas Daniel Bain, Christopher Allen Lennon and Monique Alicia Boyer were all charged on Nov. 24, 2025.

Jury didn’t hear about Baker’s violent past

Court also didn’t hear about one of Baker’s past violent offences.

Baker was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a teacher outside Riverview High School on Jan. 5, 2021.

Baker pleaded guilty during that trial.

A judge agreed with a joint recommendation from the Crown and Baker’s defence to nine years for shooting Chris Leger and another year for illegal possession of a firearm.

None of that was allowed to be brought up during Baker’s double-murder trial.

What the jury did hear is that Wojcicki and Trevors had a falling out after the murders took place.

“I try to avoid him. I don’t talk to him,” said Wojcicki.

Wojcicki testified about a violent confrontation at a residence the two later lived in after moving out of the unit on Preston Cresent in Moncton.

“He attacked me one time. He stabbed me with a screwdriver when I was in the bathroom,” said Wojcicki.

Court also heard testimony from Trevors’ former girlfriend Alicia Mehlenbacher, who said he was often abusive toward her.

“He used to beat me up,” said Mehlenbacher, referring to Trevors.

On Jan. 27, Trevors testified that Baker drove him to the Saulniers’ home in the early-morning hours of Sept. 7, 2019.

Trevors testified Baker drove him in a Hyundai Sonata to a Dieppe neighbourhood well after midnight, but he wasn’t sure why.

Trevors said Baker banged “aggressively” on the Saulniers’ door, but no one answered.

The two separated and a few minutes later Trevors said he saw Baker inside the Saulniers’ home from the patio window.

Trevors testified he could see Baker pointing his hands in the air and yelling something along the lines of “lay on the ground” but couldn’t see anyone else.

Trevors told the jury he made his way back to the Hyundai when he heard two bangs.

“At first I heard a scream and then I heard two bangs,” said Trevors.

He said the bangs sounded like a “gunshot” to him.

Crown prosecutor James McConnell asked Trevors to describe the scream.

“Someone was scared,” said Trevors.

Trevors was arrested in 2022 for the killings, but never charged

During cross-examination, defence attorney Brian Munro asked Trevors if he was the one who killed the Saulniers.

“Did you kill them? Did you kill Rose-Marie Saulnier? Did you kill Bernard?” asked Munro.

Trevors denied killing them, saying he was outside the Saulniers home at the time of the murders.

The jury was sequestered around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

The jury heard audio recordings of testimony from Trevors and his former girlfriend Alicia Mehlenbacher for most of the day on Friday.

After the supper break, a technical issue prevented the jury from viewing evidence shown during the trial and the jury decided to end their deliberations for the evening.

The jury will begin again Saturday morning.

For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.