Another woman has been charged in relation to a death on Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation.
Police say that at around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Wollaston Lake RCMP received a call that someone had been seriously injured at a residence on the First Nation.
Mounties said the investigation determined that an altercation occurred between a group of individuals. As a result of the altercation, an adult male was seriously injured and was later declared deceased at a local clinic.
He has been identified as 42-year-old Christopher Joseyounen from Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation.
One woman was arrested at the scene, and on Sunday, officers arrested a second woman in relation to the incident.
36-year-old Tricia St. Pierre and 18-year-old Tinnisha Josie, who are mother and daughter, are each charged with one count of second-degree murder.
In a media release sent out this morning, police stated that 37-year-old Jean St. Pierre of Wollaston Lake was also arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder.
The three women made their first court appearances in Wollaston Lake yesterday.