WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police have upgraded charges against a teenage boy in the killing of 66-year-old Kathleen Leary. The retired mother of 4 was killed on May 19th. Officers were called to Leary’s home in the 1st 100 block of Cheltenham Cove where they found her suffering serious injuries.
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Heavily armed officers had flooded the neighbourhood because of initial reports it was a home invasion. That was later determined to be false.
Police had initially charged a teen boy who was known to Leary with second-degree murder. On Wednesday, the youth was arrested and returned to custody and is facing first-degree murder charges.
Leary was a mother of four daughters and a grandmother. Several family members still lived with her. In February, Leary retired from a lengthy career with the Norway House Cree Nation.
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