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.