RCMP launch homicide investigation in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, Man.

Manitoba RCMP have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a 61-year-old man whose remains were found Saturday on the outskirts of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation.

Mounties say the victim was found in a wooded area on the outskirts of the community, about 9o minutes north of Leaf Rapids.

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Investigators said the had obvious injuries and that his death is being treated as a homicide.

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