Friday, April 20, 2012

Arrest made in Pikangikum Fatality


A Pikangikum man will appear in Kenora Court today in connection to a fatality in the remote northwestern Onatrio community.

23 year old Morgan Turtle has been charged with assault a weapon in connection to the death of a 32 year old man.

The body of Fitzgerald Owen was found by the side of the road in Pikangikum on April 14th.

He was taken to the local nursing station where he was pronounced dead.

Pikangikum Police Service, members of the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and the OPP North West Region Crime Unit continue to investigate the fatality.