Prank text about 'human remains' ends in police standoff

A Saskatoon woman’s random prank text message about a dead body led to armed police surrounding her family’s suburban home on the city’s east end.

The 25-year-old woman sent out text messages to a random phone number late Friday nigh that “made reference to human remains,” police said.

Of all the phone numbers she could have chosen to send the text to, the message ended up on the phone of an off-duty law enforcement officer from outside the city. The officer subsequently made a report to city police who traced the cellphone number to house on the city’s east side.

The prank backfired.

Prank text about 'human remains' ends in police standoff for Saskatoon woman