An Indigenous man was found dead outside Prince Albert on Dec. 27, and the RCMP are now saying their response may not have been sufficient in the matter.
On the afternoon of Dec. 26, Prince Albert RCMP received a call that a 59-year-old man had walked away from a care home located about 10 kilometres outside the city and was considered missing.
The man was found dead the next morning alongside a grid road nearby.
The temperature ranged from – 25 C at 3 p.m. CST on Dec. 26 to as cold as -35 C by the morning of Dec. 27.
The RCMP have launched an internal review of the incident because they believe their response “may not have been sufficient,” according to an RCMP news release issued Thursday.
Saskatchewan RCMP have tapped the Saskatoon Police Service to do an independent, external investigation, and the Ministry of Justice will name an independent observer.