Mounties say they continue to investigate the death of a boy who had been reported missing from his school in northeastern Manitoba.
Police say an autopsy has been scheduled for six-year-old Johnson Redhead.
The boy’s body was found in a marshy area Sunday evening in Shamattawa First Nation, about 3 1/2 kilometres from his school in the remote community.
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Police have said he was at school last Wednesday morning but didn’t make it to class after a breakfast program.
RCMP confirmed the boy was non-verbal.
Search and rescue teams from Winnipeg and outside of the province, including the Canadian Rangers, were brought in to search for Johnson.
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