2nd person charged with manslaughter in death of 61-year-old in northern Manitoba
A second person has been charged with manslaughter after a 61-year-old man died in a northern Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say.
Man's body was found in wooded area outside O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation on May 4
A second person has been charged with manslaughter after a 61-year-old man died in a northern Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say.
The man's body was found in a wooded area just outside O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, which is also known as South Indian Lake, on May 4, police previously said.
Jesse Baker, 25, from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin, has now been charged with manslaughter in connection to the man's death, RCMP said in a news release Friday.
Police previously charged Joanne Elizabeth Baker-Spence, 28, in relation to the death.
RCMP continue to investigate.
O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation is about 130 kilometres northwest of Thompson.