Cross Lake RCMP investigating homicide

Manitoba RCMP officers are investigating after a woman was found dead inside a home on Pimicikamak Cree Nation Monday afternoon.

Mounties from the community, also known as Cross Lake, responded to a residence on Sawmill Road around 12:30 p.m. and located the body of a 45-year-old woman, RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

Police said a man was arrested at the scene, and investigators are treating the death as a homicide.

RCMP has deployed members of its major crimes services unit and forensic investigators to the community.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.