Three charged with second-degree murder in Moose Lake homicide

Moose Lake RCMP have arrested three people in connection with a Nov. 1 murder in the eastern Manitoba community.

The victim, a 37-year-old man, was found in a field in the early morning hours and taken to the local nursing station where he died of his injuries.

Police arrested Brendan Mercredi Spence, 26, and charged him with second-degree murder on Sunday.

The next day, Clayton Mercredi, 37, and Errol Mink, 25, were also arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Spence and Mercredi are both from Moose Lake, while Mink is from Easterville.

All three will appear in court in The Pas on Thursday.

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