Suspicious death in Mundare investigated after human remains found

A suspicious death in Mundare has St. Paul’s forensics team working to help find answers.

A housefire was responded to early in the morning on Monday, Feb. 19 at 3:30am in the town where human remains was found after the blaze was extinguished.

At this time, the circumstances around the death have been deemed suspicious, RCMP said on Tuesday.   

The Alberta RCMP Major Crime Unit has been deployed to take carriage of the investigation with the assistance of Vegreville RCMP and St. Paul Forensic Identification Services.

The identity of the remains is currently unknown and an autopsy is scheduled to be completed today on Feb. 21, at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.

RCMP are seeking public assistance in this investigation. If you were a witness to the fire or have dashcam footage of Highway 16 in the area of Mundare from Feb. 19, 2024, between 2:00 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. you are asked to contact the Vegreville RCMP at 780-585-3767 or your local police if you have any information about this incident.

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