UPDATE – RCMP lay charges in homicide at Stony Mountain Institution

January 12, 2018
Stony Mountain, Manitoba

News release

UPDATE – Charges laid in homicide at Stony Mountain Institution

RCMP have arrested and charged three males in relation to the January 7, 2018, murder of a 42-year-old inmate at the Stony Mountain Institution.

Twenty-nine-year-old Victor Travis Ross, 29-year-old Michael Frank Okemow, and 27-year-old Wilfred George Cook have each been charged with Second-Degree Murder.

The investigation has also led to Attempted Murder charges being laid against 25-year-old Anthony Michael Mitchell, 20-year-old James Frederick Sinclair, and 22-year-old Michael Roulette in relation to an assault on another inmate. 26-year-old Stephen Lee Donovan Houle has been charged with Assault with a Weapon.

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Stony Mountain, Manitoba, January 8, 2018

RCMP investigating homicide at Stony Mountain Institution

On January 7, 2018, at 9:00 pm, Stonewall RCMP received a report of an altercation at the Stony Mountain Institution involving numerous inmates.

Officers were advised that an inmate was transported to the hospital in serious condition. The 42-year-old male inmate later died as a result of his injuries. Two other male inmates, a 30-year-old and 21-year-old, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

RCMP officers from the Stonewall Detachment along with the Winnipeg Major Crime Unit continue to investigate.

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Contact information

Contact:
Sgt. Paul Manaigre, Media Relations Officer
RCMP Media Relations
204-983-8497
paul.manaigre@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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