Sagkeeng First Nation begins search of former residential school site
A search of the former residential school grounds on Sagkeeng First Nation is underway to find the remains of children who were forced to go there.
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Posted: Jul 20, 2021 9:52 PM CT | Last Updated: July 21
A search is underway on the grounds of a former residential school in Sagkeeng First Nation for the remains of children who went missing there. (Walther Bernal/CBC)
A search of the former residential school grounds on Sagkeeng First Nation is underway to find the remains of children who were forced to go there.
WINNIPEG An inmate at the Headingley Correctional Centre who was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an incident with corrections officers has died. Sagkeeng First Nation Chief Derrick Henderson said 45-year-old William Walter Ahmo, a member of the First Nation and an inmate at the Headingley Correctional Centre, died on Sunday following an incident at the jail that put him in hospital with life-threatening injuries. On February 7, RCMP said a 45-year-old inmate was reported to be unresponsive as a result of an incident with corrections officers. At the time, RCMP did not say how many officers were involved, or what the nature of the incident was.
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An inmate from Headingley Correctional Centre has died after being injured in an incident with corrections officers a week ago.
The Manitoba RCMP says the 45-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries on February 7. Police were called to the correctional centre just before 7 p.m. for reports of an unresponsive male.
He was transported to hospital, and on February 14 he succumbed to his injuries.
Sagkeeng First Nation Chief Derrick Henderson confirms the man, William Walter Ahmo, was a member of the First Nation.
RCMP Major Crime Services has taken carriage of the investigation and is being assisted by RCMP Forensic Identification Services and Headingley RCMP, and continues to investigate.