Teen charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of 50-year-old in Pikangikum First Nation

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Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said they person charged a 17-year-old with second-degree execution successful transportation with a "suspicious death" in Pikangikum First Nation past Thursday.

A 50-year-old antheral was pronounced dormant successful Pikangikum First Nation connected March 27, accidental OPP

Michelle Allan · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 3:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said they person charged a 17-year-old with second-degree execution successful transportation with a "suspicious death" in Pikangikum First Nation, Ont. past Thursday.

Police responded to a call on March 27 adjacent Airport Road in Pikangikum First Nation for a man in aesculapian distress who was pronounced deceased astatine the scene, said OPP successful a quality release.

The deceased is from Pikangikum First Nation.

The distant Ojibwe assemblage is located astir 500 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ont. successful Treaty 5. It has a colonisation of astir 3,300 people.

OPP said a 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with Second Degree Murder. The accused cannot beryllium named nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The accused is being held successful custody, said OPP. They are docket to look successful tribunal successful Kenora adjacent week.

A representation of Ontario showing wherever Pikangikum is.

No further details were provided connected the unfortunate oregon the accused.

The charge the 17-year-old is facing has not been tested successful court.

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Michelle Allan is simply a newsman astatine CBC Thunder Bay. She's worked with the CBC's Investigative Unit, CBC Ottawa and ran a pop-up bureau successful Kingston. She won a 2021 Canadian Association of Journalists nationalist grant for investigative reporting and was a finalist successful 2023. You tin scope her astatine [email protected].