RCMP ask for help to identify person near scene of Selkirk stabbing that left woman, 39, dead

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· Posted: Jul 02, 2025 2:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

Police are asking for assistance identifying a idiosyncratic of involvement who was adjacent the country of a Monday nighttime stabbing successful Selkirk, Man., that near a 39-year-old pistillate dead.

RCMP were called with a report of a stabbing extracurricular a concern connected Manitoba Avenue astir 11:50 p.m. connected Monday, constabulary said in Wednesday quality release.

Officers and exigency aesculapian services recovered the pistillate with captious injuries and took her to hospital, wherever she died soon after.  

"Unfortunately, she succumbed to her injuries wrong the hour," said Sgt. Paul Manaigre, media relations serviceman with Manitoba RCMP.

The woman's decease is being investigated arsenic a homicide. Selkirk RCMP proceed to investigate, with assistance from large transgression and forensic recognition services, the merchandise said.

Manaigre said constabulary judge the stabbing was "not a random incident," arsenic determination had been an altercation betwixt the unfortunate and astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic extracurricular the concern that night. 

RCMP are present asking for the public's assistance to place a pistillate they accidental was adjacent the scene. They released a photograph of the pistillate connected Wednesday afternoon.

Police are asking anyone with accusation astir her individuality to telephone Selkirk RCMP astatine 204-482-1222, oregon interaction Crime Stoppers anonymously astatine 1-800-222-8477 oregon www.manitobacrimestoppers.com. 

RCMP said officials would similar to talk to the pistillate to larn much astir what happened. 

"At this constituent it's … putting the pieces unneurotic of who was there, trying to place everyone involved, interrogation those that whitethorn person witnessed this, and past yet marque that apprehension and laic those charges,"  Manaigre said. 

Police hope to person much accusation disposable to the nationalist soon, helium said.

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