(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
A body discovered in a wooded area in Pimicikamak Cree Nation has been identified as a 17-year-old girl who had been reported missing.
Manitoba RCMP say Mounties with the Cross Lake detachment were called August 23 after a body was found in a wooded area. Officers located the remains of an unknown person at the scene.
An autopsy confirmed the body to be that of the teen, who had been reported missing a day earlier. She was last seen by family on August 17.
Her death has been deemed suspicious and is being investigated by Manitoba RCMP.
