3 people arrested in Manitoba First Nations woman’s disappearance and death

Manitoba·UpdatedThree people have been arrested and charged in the death of Melinda Lynxleg more than five years after the mother went missing from a western Manitoba First Nation early in 2020. Melinda Lynxleg went missing from Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve in 2020. Her remains were found in 2023CBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2025 12:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoMelinda Lynxleg’s body was found at an abandoned property in western Manitoba more than three years after she went missing. (Submitted by Betty Lynxleg)Three men have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Melinda Lynxleg, more than five years after she went missing from a western Manitoba First Nation. The investigation into Lynxleg’s disappearance and death was “extremely complex,” Sgt. Morgan Page with RCMP major crime services told reporters at a news conference Monday.Kirk Kenneth Allaire, 42, Myles Malcolm Allaire, 38, and Billy Jay Lynxleg, 46, have all been charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains, RCMP said. Lynxleg, a mother of six from Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve, was last seen on the morning of April 2, 2020, when the 40-year-old left a home in the rural municipality of Grandview, about 300 kilometres west of Winnipeg, RCMP said. She was reported missing on April 16, 2020.Her remains were found more than three years later, on June 6, 2023, at an abandoned property in San Clara, Man., near the Saskatchewan border and about 55 kilometres northwest of Grandview. Her death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy in June 2023. Lynxleg knew all three of the accused men, who were arrested from Oct. 14 to 16 at their homes, RCMP said.Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve Chief Barry McKay, calling Lynxleg’s case tragic on Monday, offered tobacco to the RCMP on behalf of the First Nation to thank Mounties for the work they did. Over 150 statements were taken by police during the investigation, police said. Authorities also spent thousands of hours looking for answers, including following up on leads and canvassing the community, they said. Earlier this year, Mounties said they were confident they were closer to finding answers in Lynxleg’s death, after new information came to light from a review of the entire investigation.