A 30-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after RCMP found a woman seriously hurt in a northern Manitoba community, who later died. Police were called to Norway House Cree Nation — about 511 km north of Winnipeg — just after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday for a report of an assault, RCMP said in a news release on Wednesday. While they were speaking to a man who was hurt, officers were asked to check on the well-being of a woman at a home on Highway 373, because it was believed she was being assaulted. On Tuesday, police charged 30-year-old Don Travis Forbister of Norway House with second-degree murder. Major Crime Services and RCMP Forensic Identification Services continue to investigate.

Source: CBC News October 06, 2021 20:26 UTC