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It's a warm humid morning in Saskatoon.

Fluffy storm clouds hang over the city's provincial jail.

Two guards and navy uniforms are outside, and they hold the door for us as we walk in.

I'm with Victoria Dinn. We've been working on this story together.

We're at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre.

A woman at the front desk tells us to lock up our valuables.

They scan our bags of recording equipment, and some workers give us suspicious looks.

It's not common here for reporters to step inside the jail, but somehow that's what we're doing.

The series of events that led to us being here feels pretty surreal, but it is real.

We're going to interview Greg Fertok.

I'm Alicia Bridges, and this is episode five of the PIT.

We were always going to try to approach Greg Fertok,

but we have to have all the information we need before we can ask Greg for an interview.

But when the time comes, it's too late to just go and knock on his door, because Greg is in jail.

He's been in custody since he was arrested on June 24th, 2019.

I rested over the death of his estranged wife Sherry, and charged with first degree murder

and causing indignity to her body.

So we write him a letter.

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