KASABONIKA LAKE FIRST NATION -- The recent death of a six-year-old Kasabonika Lake First Nation girl has been ruled a murder.
Sioux Lookout OPP, in a release issued early on Saturday, said they arrived at a residence in the community on Wednesday to find the young victim had been seriously assaulted and taken to the medical centre by family for treatment, where she was pronounced dead.
Twenty-one-year-old community member Lanny Edward Mekanak was arrested on Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder. He is being held in custody.
A post-mortem examination was scheduled to take place on Friday.
Officers with both the OPP and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Police Service continue the investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 1-888-310-1122.