Manitoba RCMP are investigating after a 21-year-old woman from O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation was found dead Thursday morning.
Police say the woman had been reported missing Wednesday.
She had been last seen at a house in the First Nation community, about 230 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
“Officers from the Ste. Rose du Lac Detachment, along with a First Nation Safety Officer and community members, conducted numerous checks in the community, including a search of nearby trails,” police said in a press release.
Around 9 a.m. Thursday, RCMP said they received a report saying the woman had been found dead near Provincial Road 481.
The cause of death remains under investigation as the police await the results of the autopsy, RCMP said.
