WINNIPEG – Leanne May Henderson, 31, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of St. Vital senior Keith McFee, 69.
Police were called to check on McFee’s well-being and found his body in his Fernwood Avenue apartment block on Friday afternoon.
McFee suffered upper-body injuries, police said.
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McFee and Henderson spent Dec. 26 and 27 drinking together in his suite, police said.
They started arguing and Henderson produced a weapon and fatally assaulted McFee, police allege.
She fled in McFee’s vehicle, which was abandoned near Logan Avenue and Laura Street, police said.
Henderson, who was the subject of a missing persons report in 2012, was found Monday and arrested on the 500 block of William Avenue.
She has been charged with second-degree murder and theft over $5,000 and is being held at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
McFee was the 25th homicide victim in Winnipeg in 2013, police said.
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