A toddler whose remains were found inside a barn in Manitoba’s Interlake area in June has been identified, and RCMP are looking for information and photos to help piece together her life before she died.
Xavia Skye Lynn Butler has been identified as the child whose remains were discovered in a barn off Highway 6 in the rural municipality of Grahamdale at 7:30 p.m. on June 3, Gypsumville RCMP said in a news release Friday.
Xavia would have been one or two years old at the time of her death, which is being investigated as a homicide, police said.
The last time police were able to physically place Xavia was about a year before she was found dead, and they are asking the public for tips to clarify her whereabouts after that.
Investigators are now looking for any photos taken of Xavia after March 2022, RCMP major crime services investigator Cpl. Jill Slobodzian said in the news release. They hope to get images with dates and time stamps on them in order to build a better understanding of Xavia’s life.
Police also ask anyone else who may have seen Xavia after March 2022 to come forward.
Anyone with information or photos to share is asked to call the RCMP’s major crime services tip line at 431-489-8112.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/toddler-identified-remains-interlake-property-1.7370868
