A woman from Sioux Valley Dakota First Nation is in custody facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with a stabbing in the western Manitoba community on Saturday.
Manitoba RCMP said officers from the Virden detachment were called to a home on the First Nation around 12:20 a.m., where they found the victim, a 26-year-old woman, with life-threatening injuries. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Rennie Kristyna Williams, also 26, was arrested and charged. She’ll appear in a Brandon courtroom Monday.
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Virden RCMP continue to investigate with the help of forensic and major crimes investigators.