Cross Lake RCMP investigate suspicious death after woman’s body found

Cross Lake RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a 22-year-old woman was found unresponsive in the water near Beardy’s Point in Pimicikamak Cree Nation on Sunday evening.

Police said officers were called to the area just before 7 p.m., where the woman had been pulled from the water. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP said the death is being treated as suspicious, pending the results of an autopsy.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the death to contact Cross Lake RCMP at 204-676-2600 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or online.

Cross Lake RCMP and RCMP Forensic Identification Services continue to investigate.