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Man arrested in Portage la Prairie murder investigation
Amber McFarland (SUPPLIED PHOTO)
A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Portage la Prairie in the murder investigation of a young woman who hasn’t been seen since leaving a southern Manitoba bar last fall.
RCMP said a 40-year-old was taken into custody in Portage la Prairie in the disappearance of Amber McFarland.
The man’s name has not been released and there is no word on what charges he may face.
Officers searched a home in the community, about 80 kilometres west of Winnipeg, RCMP said.
RCMP Insp. Jean-Marc Nadeau said information came to light that allowed investigators to take action.
McFarland was last seen in Portage la Prairie at the Cat and Fiddle Nite Club. Surveillance footage captured her buying beer there at a vendor in the company of two men.
Her car was found in the parking lot of a Portage hotel, where she had left it before going out that evening.
McFarland was the subject of a frantic search following her disappearance last fall, including draining part of the Assiniboine River diversion. Amber's purse and cellphone were never located. "We just want to have her found, and bring her home," said Lori McFarland. "She's loved and she should be with people that love her."
— with files from The Canadian Press
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