PICKLE LAKE, Ont. --- Three people are facing manslaughter charges in connection with the drug-related death of a 29-year-old Mishkeegogamang First Nation resident.
Ontario Provincial Police on Friday said the charges are the result of an investigation after two people, one from Mishkeegogamang, the other from Pickle Lake, Ont., ingested pills they believed to be pharmaceutically produced percocet.
However, police say they believe they are knock-offs, made to look like pharmaceutically produced pills.
Both victims became unconscious as a result of taking the pills, one of whom died as a result.
Jack Moore, 59, of Pickle Lake and Mishkeegogamang First Nation residents 37-year-old Charlene Masakeyash and 36-year-old Joyce Masakeyash were charged with manslaugter.
Moore was also charged with unlawfully causing bodily harm.
All three suspects are due in court on May 10 in Pickle Lake.
OPP say the investigation is ongoing and ask anyone with information regarding the investigation to immediately contact the Pickle Lake OPP at 1-807-928-2211 or toll free at 1-888-310-1122.
