WINNIPEG — RCMP are investigating two homicides on a Manitoba reserve within two days but say the deaths are not linked.
Officers were first called to Roseau River First Nation Friday. Charles Gordon Joseph French, 23, was found dead.
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Police charged 30-year-old Richard Alex Johnson with second-degree murder in connection with French’s death. Both men are from the First Nation and knew each other, RCMP said.
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Officers were called back to the community Saturday to investigate a separate homicide. No further details were available on the second death.
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