Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigates homicide in Boyle - Update

October 6, 2026 - Boyle, Alberta
From: Alberta RCMP

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Boyle, Alta. - On Sept. 28, 2026, Boyle RCMP responded to a report of a deceased individual at a rural property north of Boyle. On Sept. 30, 2026, an autopsy was conducted at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton, and the manner of death was deemed to be a homicide.  

Alberta RCMP Major Crimes took carriage of the investigation and on Oct. 3, 2026, a suspect was arrested. 

A 32-year-old resident of Athabasca County has been charged with the second-degree murder. After a Judicial Interim Release Hearing, the individual was remanded into custody to appear in Alberta Court of Justice in Boyle on Oct. 13, 2026. 

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