22-year-old in custody as RCMP investigate homicide in remote eastern Manitoba First Nation

RCMP are investigating after a 66-year-old woman was found dead of an apparent homicide at a home in Little Grand Rapids, a remote community in eastern Manitoba.

Just after midnight on Monday, RCMP received a report of an assault in the First Nationabout 265 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

When officers arrived, they found the woman and pronounced her dead.

A 22-year-old woman was arrestedand remains in police custody.

RCMP are investigating with major crime services.

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