Mounties have charged a man who worked as a guard at an RCMP detachment in northwestern Manitoba with second-degree murder.
Police say the body of a 22-year-old woman was found Friday in the woods near the community of Pukatawagan.
RCMP say major crimes investigators were called in and a suspect was arrested Monday.
August Thunder Caribou, who is 22, is to appear in The Pas provincial court.
RCMP say on June 5 Caribou began working at the Pukatawagan RCMP detachment as a guard employed by the Corps of Commissionaires and worked his last shift on June 20.
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Police say there is no link between his employment, the victim and the charge laid against him.
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