Charges have been laid against two individuals in connection with the murder of a man in northern Alberta.
RCMP responded to a report of assault in Cadotte Lake on the Woodland Cree First Nation early Monday morning. When police arrived, they found a 69-year-old man dead in a home.
An autopsy confirmed that the death William Raymond Merrier was a homicide.
On Thursday, police laid second-degree murder charges against a 19-year-old man and a youth.
The 19-year-old man is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 5.
Cadotte Lake is about 480 kilometres north of Edmonton.