Police are investigating after a 16-year-old girl was found slain in an open area in Easterville early Friday.
Chemawawin RCMP were called at about 2:10 a.m. and found the teen, who had suffered “obvious injuries,” police said in a news release.
RCMP have arrested a male, who remains in police custody. Police did not release his age.
(Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press files)
Easterville is about 460 km northwest of Winnipeg, on the south shore of Cedar Lake, next to Chemawawin Cree Nation.
A 14-year-old girl was slain in Chemawawin on May 13. A 19-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in the teen’s death.
A 32-year-old woman was slain in Easterville on May 4. The victim’s cousin, a 35-year-old woman, was seriously injured. Two girls, one 13 years old and the other 14, were charged with second-degree murder.
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