A pair of suspects are facing second degree murder charges after a teenage girl was found dead in The Pas last week.
A 19-year-old man and an unidentified 15-year-old female were arrested and charged with second degree murder on Dec. 20. Both suspects are originally from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation. Each are in RCMP custody and will appear in provincial court in The Pas on Christmas Eve.
The victim, a 15-year-old female, was found on the morning of Dec. 14 on Bignell Avenue, not far from the Hudson Bay Railway station in The Pas. Police believe the victim knew both suspects. RCMP are not searching for any other suspects.
Major Crime Services and Forensic Identification were brought north from Winnipeg to assist The Pas RCMP in the investigation.
“It is our hope that these arrests and charges provide the victim's family, friends, as well as the community, some comfort," said Supt. Michael Koppang, officer in charge of Major Crime Services for the Manitoba RCMP in a press release issued Dec. 21.
“Under these tragic circumstances over the past week, our homicide investigators were in the community, working hard with local RCMP officers to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
