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Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in Thunderchild First Nation death

Turtleford RCMP have charged a 44-year-old man in the death of Roger Standingwater, 57, on Thunderchild First Nation.
Turtleford RCMP have charged a 44-year-old man in the death of Roger Standingwater, 57, on Thunderchild First Nation. File / Global News

RCMP say they have laid charges after a year-long suspicious death investigation on a Saskatchewan First Nation.

Turtleford RCMP said officers were called to a home on the Thunderchild First Nation on Sept. 15, 2018, for a report of an unresponsive man.

Roger Standingwater, 57, was found in medical distress by officers and pronounced dead by paramedics, police said.

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An autopsy was conducted to determine the cause of death, but police have not said how Standingwater died.

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Ivor Antoine Wapass, 44, was arrested on Nov. 1 after the lengthy investigation and charged with second-degree murder, RCMP said.

Wapass is scheduled to appear in North Battleford provincial court on Monday morning.

Thunderchild First Nation is roughly 210 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.

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