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N.S. woman faces manslaughter charge after investigation into woman’s ‘suspicious, sudden death’

A Liverpool, N.S. woman is facing charges of manslaughter and trafficking a controlled substance after an investigation into the "suspicious, sudden death" of a 22-year-old woman in April.
A Liverpool, N.S. woman is facing charges of manslaughter and trafficking a controlled substance after an investigation into the "suspicious, sudden death" of a 22-year-old woman in April. File / Global News

A Liverpool, N.S. woman is facing manslaughter and drug trafficking charges in connection with an investigation into the suspicious death of a 22-year-old woman.

Police say they had been conducting a criminal investigation into the 22-year-old’s “suspicious, sudden death” from April 28. As a result, police arrested a 26-year-old woman from Liverpool.

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The woman will appear at Bridgewater Provincial Court Friday morning to face charges of manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, trafficking in a controlled substance and breach of probation.

The identity of the woman who died, nor the woman arrested has not been given.

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