Police are investigating a suspicious death after a man’s body was found inside a home in northern Alberta.
Desmarais RCMP said officers were called to a home on Bigstone Cree Nation Saturday afternoon after a family member found the man’s body.
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Police said the family member had stopped by to check on the man after he hadn’t been heard from for a while.
The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit has taken over the investigation.
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An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday at the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.
Bigstone Cree Nation is located about 300 kilometres north of Edmonton.