Winnipeg police say they have arrested and charged a man in a homicide case from December last year.
In the afternoon of Dec. 30, officers went to the 200 block of Flora Avenue, where they found the body of 20-year-old Brooklyn Hiebert.
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Police say Hiebert was assaulted nearby in the 200 block of Selkirk Avenue and then taken to Flora with critical injuries and abandoned.
On Sunday, officers arrested 36-year-old Christopher Kyle Wattman in the 900 block of Aberdeen Avenue.
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Wattman is facing a charge of first-degree murder and has been detained in custody.
Police say they continue to investigate.
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