Human remains found north of Winnipeg

Human remains have been found on a property north of Winnipeg, say RCMP.

Officers from the Stonewall detachment were called around 8:45 a.m. Thursday to an address off Highway 7 in the rural municipality of Rockwood.

The remains were located near a residence and the area was secured, RCMP said in a news release on Friday.

The death is being treated as suspicious and is believed to have occurred within the last month.

No information has been provided by police on whether the remains belong to an adult or child.

The cause of death remains under investigation, awaiting results of an autopsy, RCMP said.

It’s the second incident of human remains being found in a rural location in the province in the past five months.

The body of Xavia Skye Lynn Butler were discovered in a barn off Highway 6 in the rural municipality of Grahamdale in June.

The toddler,  from Pinaymootang First Nation, would have been one or two years old at the time of her death, police said.

The child had been living with her biological family at a home neighbouring the barn.

Police are still investigating that case and asking anyone who may have seen Xavia after March 2022 — when she was taken from the care of a relative — to come forward.

Anyone with information or photos to share is asked to call the RCMP’s major crime services tip line at 431-489-8112.