Suspicious death investigation in Yellowknife results in man charged

December 15, 2021
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

News release

NT RCMP have laid a charge regarding an April 28, 2020 death of a man in Yellowknife.

Dean, McNeely, of Yellowknife, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. Mr McNeely was apprehended on December 8, 2021, without incident.

Yellowknife RCMP responded to an incident where a 35 year-old man was found deceased in a downtown apartment building. NT RCMP Police Dog Services, Major Crime Unit and the Yellowknife RCMP General Investigation Section began an investigation. The death was considered suspicious.

The investigation continued and has resulted in the arrest of Mr. McNeely. Mr. McNeely will next appear in court on January 19, 2022.

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Media Relations Officer
Northwest Territories RCMP – Yellowknife, NT

RCMP.NTMedia-NTMedias.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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