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RCMP Major Crimes Services have laid charges against a 36-year-old woman following a death last Friday on the Canupawakpa Dakota Nation

Shortly after 9 am on Friday, Manitoba First Nations Police Service were called to a home in the Southwestern Manitoba community, where they located the deceased body of a 42-year-old man.

Following an investigation that included assistance from the MFNPS Criminal Investigations Unit and RCMP Forensic Identification Section, a charge of Manslaughter was laid on Monday against Marissa Jean Benn of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation.

She remains in custody until a court appearance.