Sask. RCMP lay manslaughter charge in Turnor Lake homicide

A 25-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter following a homicide in Turnor Lake, Sask.

Saskatchewan RCMP say officers were called to a home in the community around 2:55 a.m. on Friday after reports of an injured woman.

Buffalo Narrows and La Loche RCMP detachments responded and found a woman injured inside the home. A man was arrested outside the home, police said.

EMS later pronounced the woman dead. She has been identified as Shalayah Montgrand, 21, of Turnor Lake.

Police say her family has been notified and victim services have been made available to them.

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The Saskatchewan RCMP’s homicide investigation unit took over the case. As a result of the investigation, Darian Montgrand, 25, of Turnor Lake, has been charged with one count of manslaughter.

Montgrand is scheduled to appear by CCTV in Meadow Lake provincial court on May 11 at 10 a.m.

Turnor Lake is located about 493 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert.