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Northern Manitoba girl’s death under investigation

RCMP have not yet determined what killed 11-year-old Teresa Robinson on northern Manitoba’s Garden Hill First Nation. The girl’s body was found May 11, six days after she went missing after attending a birthday party. RCMP Chief Supt.

RCMP have not yet determined what killed 11-year-old Teresa Robinson on northern Manitoba’s Garden Hill First Nation.

The girl’s body was found May 11, six days after she went missing after attending a birthday party.

RCMP Chief Supt. Scott Kolody, D Division officer-in-charge of criminal operations, said in a May 13 statement that officers from the Island Lake RCMP detachment as well as the D Division serious crimes unit, major crimes unit and forensic identification section were in the community investigating, but the cause of death was not yet known.

“I know there has been much discussion about how Teresa died,” said Kolody. “As investigators, we have to deal with facts, and the facts are as follows: we do not have a confirmed cause of death at this time; an autopsy is being performed today that may provide insight to cause of death; we are speaking to people in the community of Garden Hill as part of our investigation and have received the utmost cooperation from the community, including First Nation leadership.”

Media reports have speculated that the girl may have been mauled to death by a bear.

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Grand Chief David Harper told the Canadian Press that it appeared Robinson had been mauled by an animal and that bears had been seen in the area.

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