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22-year-old in custody as RCMP investigate homicide in remote eastern Manitoba First Nation

RCMP are investigating after a 66-year-old woman was found dead of an apparent homicide at a home in Little Grand Rapids, a remote community in eastern Manitoba.

RCMP called for an assault, but found a woman dead of apparent homicide

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Police were called to a home in Little Grand Rapids where a 66-year-old woman was found dead. (Gian-Paolo Mendoza/CBC)

RCMP are investigating after a 66-year-old woman was found dead of an apparent homicide at a home in Little Grand Rapids, a remote community in eastern Manitoba.

Just after midnight on Monday, RCMP received a report of an assault in the First Nation about 265 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

When officers arrived, they found the woman and pronounced her dead.

A 22-year-old woman was arrested and remains in police custody.

RCMP are investigating with major crime services.

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