Suspicious downtown death deemed homicide by Winnipeg cops

Winnipeg police say a suspicious death on Kennedy Street Friday morning is now being investigated as a homicide.

Officers were called to the scene, in the 300 block of Kennedy, around 7:20 a.m., and have identified the victim as 28-year-old Ashley Isabelle Murdock, originally from Fisher River and Jackhead First Nation but living in Winnipeg.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 204-958-6508 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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