Murder charge laid in death on Saskatchewan First Nation

A man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a man died at a disturbance at a home on a Saskatchewan First Nation, police said.

Onion Lake RCMP said they were called to the home on Onion Lake First Nation, north of Lloydminster, on Wednesday morning for a report of a disturbance.

Officers said they arrived to find an unresponsive man in medical distress.

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Conrad Mooswa, 32, of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation was declared dead by paramedics.

An autopsy took place in Saskatoon on Thursday, but police have not released a cause of death.

Marvin Stanley, 27, from Onion Lake is charged in Mooswa’s death.

He was scheduled to make his first appearance in Lloydminster provincial court on Thursday.

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