Police are investigating the death of a woman in South Indian Lake who succumbed to injuries they believe were sustained in an assault.
South Indian Lake RCMP were notified by the community nursing station on the morning of Feb. 19 that a 47-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries was going to be medevaced to Winnipeg for further treatment.
A family member of the victim told officers who went to the nursing station that she was at a residence on Wasagan Road where they believed she was assaulted.
The woman died of her injuries on Feb. 21 and her death is being investigated as a homicide by South Indian Lake RCMP, RCMP Major Crime Services and RCMP Forensic Identification Services.
