Mounties investigating Manitoba double homicide head to Prince Albert

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RCMP said investigators have travelled to Prince Albert, Sask., as part of their investigation into a 2021 double homicide in Manitoba.

Mounties again asked for the public’s help earlier this month in solving the killings of Brent Denechezhe, 31, and Leona Tssessaze, 24. They were killed in a house fire in Northland Denesuline First Nation, also known as Lac Brochet, on Sept. 9, 2021.

RCMP major crime services investigators from Manitoba are in Prince Albert to speak to witnesses there, police said Tuesday.

“Our time in Northlands Denesuline First Nation and the information that has been coming to us after we put out the pleas for help has resulted in us travelling to Prince Albert,” lead investigator Const. David Giroux said in a statement. “We keep following the investigation where it leads. We will not give up on finding answers about the deaths of these two young people who had their whole lives ahead of them.”

RCMP are asking anyone with information about the killings to call a dedicated tip line at 431-489-8112.

Leona Tssessaze and Brent Denechezhe were killed in a house fire in Northland Denesuline First Nation on Sept. 9, 2021. (Supplied)
Leona Tssessaze and Brent Denechezhe were killed in a house fire in Northland Denesuline First Nation on Sept. 9, 2021. (Supplied)
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