On Feb. 11, at 12:15 p.m., Maskwacis RCMP received a report of a deceased person in a residence on 6 Mile on Samson Cree Nation.
Upon arrival, police located a deceased male.
The circumstances around the death were suspicious and the Alberta RCMP Major Crime Unit was deployed to take carriage of the investigation.
The deceased was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.
Police are treating the death as a homicide. The deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Gordelle Soosay.
Also on Feb. 11, at 7:55 p.m. RCMP received a report of a vehicle fire south of Hwy. 611 near 3 Mile, on Samson Cree Nation.
Officers located an Audi sedan and determined that it belonged to the deceased.
If you have any information about this crime or those responsible, call the Maskwacis RCMP detachment at 780-585-3767.
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