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Lynn Lake man killed, woman charged with manslaughter

A 42-year-old Lynn Lake woman has been arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a 49-year-old man, also a resident of Lynn Lake, on July 5.

A 42-year-old Lynn Lake woman has been arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a 49-year-old man, also a resident of Lynn Lake, on July 5.

RCMP from the Lynn Lake detachment, with help from the Winnipeg RCMP, Thompson major crime services and Dauphin and Thompson forensic identification sections are investigating the killing of Kenneth Dennis Hrechka, after responding to a report of a stabbing at a residence in Lynn Lake in the early morning hours of July 5. Hrechka was taken to the Lynn Lake Hospital where he later died, police said.

Anna Louise Short is to appear in Thompson provincial court July 7. A post-mortem will be performed in Winnipeg at the Health Sciences Centre.

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