‘Absolutely tragic’: RCMP identify remains of child found in Manitoba barn

RCMP have identified a toddler whose remains were found in a barn in Manitoba this past summer. Mounties said Xavia Skye Lynn Butler would have been between one and two years old at the time of her death but did not say when the girl died. Her remains were located in a barn on a property near Grahamdale, about 200 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, on June 3. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. RCMP said the last time investigators have been able to physically place Xavia was approximately a year before her remains were found, and there were no missing person reports filed about her in that time. Sgt. Paul Manaigre said the girl was from Pinaymootang First Nation but had lived on the property at one point…

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