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Update #2 - South Indian Lake RCMP investigating homicide
July 11, 2025
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O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, Manitoba
From: Manitoba RCMP
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Update #2 - On July 9, 2025, as a result of the continuing investigation into the May 4, 2024, homicide of a 61-year-old male in the community, RCMP Major Crime Services arrested and charged 25-year-old Jesse Baker, of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, with Manslaughter.
He was remanded into custody.
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Update #1 - On May 7, 2024, RCMP arrested a 28-year-old female, from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, in relation to the May 4 homicide of a 61-year-old male in the community.
On May 8, Joanne Elizabeth Baker-Spence, 28, was charged with Manslaughter and remanded into custody.
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On May 4, 2024, at 7:50 pm, South Indian Lake RCMP responded to a report of a deceased male located in a wooded area outside the community.
Officers attended and located a 61-year-old male with obvious injuries.
The death is being treated as a homicide.
South Indian Lake RCMP, along with RCMP Major Crimes Services and Forensic Identification Services, continue to investigate.