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Murder charge laid in Saddle Lake Cree Nation killing

RCMP hats can be seen in this undated file photo. (File) RCMP hats can be seen in this undated file photo. (File)
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Police have laid murder charges in the killing of a Saddle Lake Cree Nation man on Wednesday.

Mounties found 61-year-old Garvin Lloyd Chisan seriously injured at a home on Saddle Lake Cree Nation after they were called there for reports of a stabbing.

Chisan was taken by air ambulance to an Edmonton hospital, but he died later that day.

RCMP said 44-year-old Saddle Lake Cree Nation resident Jeremy Shaun Cardinal was arrested on Friday.

He has been charged with first-degree murder.

Cardinal was remanded into custody. He is expected to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Lac la Biche on Tuesday.

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