RCMP confirm woman’s death not cause by exposure or injuries

By Dave Baxter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun An autopsy has confirmed a woman who died after being found outside of a home last month in frigid temperatures did not die from exposure or from any physical injuries, and police continue to investigate to determine the cause of the woman’s death. According to Manitoba RCMP, on Jan. 31, their Gypsumville detachment got a call about a woman they were told was outside of a home and in medical distress in the Pinaymootang First Nation, a community located more than 200 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, in the Interlake. Temperatures that evening had dipped to around -26C and felt like –29C with the windchill. When police arrived, EMS workers were providing medical assistance to the 50-year-old woman, and she was taken…

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