ManitobaA second person has been charged with manslaughter after a 61-year-old man died in a northern Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say.Man’s body was found in wooded area outside O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation on May 4CBC News · Posted: Jul 11, 2025 12:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoA second person has been charged with manslaughter after the body of a 61-year-old man was found in a wooded area just outside of O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, RCMP say. (Jeorge Sadi/CBC)A second person has been charged with manslaughter after a 61-year-old man died in a northern Manitoba First Nation, RCMP say.The man’s body was found in a wooded area just outside O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation, which is also known as South Indian Lake, on May 4, police previously said.Jesse Baker, 25, from O-Pipon-Na-Piwin, has now been charged with manslaughter in connection to the man’s death, RCMP said in a news release Friday.Police previously charged Joanne Elizabeth Baker-Spence, 28, in relation to the death.RCMP continue to investigate.O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation is about 130 kilometres northwest of Thompson.
2nd person charged with manslaughter in death of 61-year-old in northern Manitoba
