Steinbach RCMP investigate after Winnipeg man charged with first-degree murder in rural homicide – Winnipeg
A 20-year-old Winnipeg man faces a first-degree homicide cost in reference to the loss of life of a 20-year-old lady over the weekend outdoors the town.
Steinbach RCMP have been notified Saturday afternoon a murder had occurred and responded to a residence on Creekside Drive in Steinbach.
The suspect had already fled in his car by the point officers arrived, and police decided the lifeless sufferer was within the suspect’s car.
An intensive search started for the suspect, whose car was noticed on Freeway 52 close to La Broquerie. As officers took him into custody, his car caught on hearth.
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As soon as the hearth was put out, officers appeared inside and didn’t discover a physique.
Shortly after, they obtained a tip that despatched them to an space simply south of Woodridge, the place they discovered the physique on a distant ATV path.
20-year-old Josh Benoit was charged on Sunday with the crime. Police say he and the sufferer knew one another.
