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Yukon RCMP Investigating Another Homicide

Monday, 10 July 2017 13:57

57-year-old Wilfred "Dickie" Charlie has been identified as the person recovered near Fort Selkirk July 5th. Police have ruled his death a homicide.

Yukon RCMP say the body recovered near Fort Selkirk July 5th is that of 57-year-old Wilfred "Dickie" Charlie, who was reported missing from Carmacks June 19th.

An autopsy was performed at Vancouver General Hospital July 7th. Police say those results have deemed the death a homicide.

Mounties say the Major Crimes Unit is now involved and that the investigation is in the early stages.

Charlie was last seen near his home in the Carmacks area around 3:00 a.m. on Monday, June 19th. He was believed to have fallen into the Yukon River.

An extensive ground search was conducted by Yukon RCMP officers, Police Dog Service, and Yukon Search and Rescue in the days following his disappearance.

RCMP officers searched the Yukon River by boat daily. Aerial searches were conducted by helicopter every second day. Charlie's family and many members of the community were also out searching for him over the past three weeks.

Efforts to locate Charlie continued until July 5th, when his body was spotted in the Yukon River by a group of civilians in the Fort Selkirk area.

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