Update: Ashern RCMP investigate homicide

May 17, 2020
RM of West Interlake, Manitoba

News release

On May 15, 2020, at 11:13pm, Ashern RCMP received a call to a residence in the Rural Municipality of West Interlake for a report of an assault. The victim, a 35-year-old male from Vogar, MB, was found fatally injured and pronounced deceased on scene.

On May 16, 2020, RCMP charged 24-year-old Zachary Desjarlais of Vogar, MB. with Manslaughter. He will appear in Winnipeg Provincial Court on Tuesday, May 19, 2020.

Desjarlais has been remanded into custody.

The investigation continues.

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Contact information

RCMP Media Relations
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File number: 2020617877

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