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South Indian Lake RCMP have charged a 28-year-old woman with manslaughter in connection to the homicide of a 61-year-old man in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation.
Man’s body was found in wooded area just outside of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Saturday, police say
A 28-year-old woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a 61-year-old man in a northern Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say.
Mounties responded to a report Saturday night that the body of a 61-year-old man had been found in a wooded area just outside of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, which is also known as South Indian Lake, RCMP previously said.
The man was found with what police described as “obvious injuries.”
Joanne Elizabeth Baker-Spence, 28, was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday and remains in custody, RCMP said in an update on Thursday.
RCMP continue to investigate.
O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation is about 130 kilometres northwest of Thompson.