The Sioux Lookout OPP have charged two people with second degree murder in a death on Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (KI, or the Big Trout Lake First Nation).
Police were initially contacted on Saturday, October 10th around 4:30 in the morning about an altercation at a residence in KI.
Two people were located with serious injuries and transported to hospital.
One later passed away.
He has been identified as 57-year-old Billy Sainnawap from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug.
An 18-year-old and a 26-year-old woman, both from KI, have been arrested.
The investigation is continuing by the OPP North West Region Crime Unit under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Assistance is being provided by OPP Forensic Identification Services.
They appeared in Kenora Court on Wednesday.
