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Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigate homicide in Driftpile First Nation - Update

August 16, 2025 - Driftpile First Nation, Alberta
From: Alberta RCMP

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Following the Aug. 15, 2025, weapons complaint, Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit, assisted by Faust RCMP and Lakeshore Regional Police Service, conducted an investigation and were able to arrest a suspect in the death of 29-year-old Driftpile First Nation resident Brandon Lee Campiou, who’s death was deemed a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.

As a result of the investigation, a 32-year-old individual, a resident of Edmonton, was charged with manslaughter.

The individual was brought before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody. He is to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in High Prairie, Alta., on Aug. 25, 2025.

Background

Aug. 16, 2025

Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigate homicide in Driftpile First Nation

On Aug. 15, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Lakeshore Regional Police Service responded to a weapons complaint along Eva Road in Driftpile First Nation. Faust RCMP and the Lakeshore Regional Police Service both attended the location after the discovery of a male deceased. The Alberta RCMP Major Crime Unit was subsequently notified and deployed to take carriage of the investigation.

An autopsy is scheduled at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton on August 18, 2025.  Police are treating the death as a homicide.  

If you have any information about this crime or those responsible, please call the Lakeshore Regional Police Service 1-855-299-0137 If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www. P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.

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