The body of a 33-year-old mother from a First Nation in Manitoba has been found in a Winnipeg landfill, and police say they consider the circumstances surrounding her death suspicious.
Staff at Winnipeg’s Brady Road Resource Management Facility discovered the remains of Linda Mary Beardy on Monday afternoon and reported their finding to police around 3 p.m., police said.
“I can confirm at this time we have no information to suggest that there are any other victims or that this investigation is related to any previous incidents,” Insp. Shawn Pike, with the Winnipeg Police Service’s major crimes division, said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
“I wish to express our sincerest condolences.”
Pike would not talk about the cause of death, and it isn’t clear when Beardy died, he said.
Her death is considered suspicious but isn’t yet classified as a homicide, Pike said.
Beardy, who was from Lake St. Martin First Nation in Manitoba, was living in Winnipeg before her death, he said.
Investigators believe Beardy’s remains were left at the landfill by a garbage truck and found within a couple of hours of being deposited, he said.
The entire Brady Road landfill operation has been paused while investigators work there, he said.
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