Police lay second-degree murder charge in 2006 missing person case

WINNIPEG – A Stony Mountain prison inmate has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2006 death of Steven Pelletier, 29.

Darrel Lavallee, 32, was arrested Friday at Stony Mountain, where he’s serving a sentence for a 2007 attempted murder.

Pelletier’s family filed a missing persons report about him in November 2006.

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Police believe he was killed a month earlier, on Oct. 4, 2006.

Lavallee, an Indian Posse gang member, lured and eventually forced Pelletier into a home in the 500 block of Magnus Avenue, police allege.

He was assaulted and then shot dead, police said.

Lavallee and others took Pelletier’s body to a secluded area outside the city, police said.

They wouldn’t say whether the body had been found.

“Certain details need to be held back,” Const. Jason Michalyshen said.