RCMP investigate sudden death of infant in northern Alberta as a homicide

Oct 13, 2022 | 2:31 PM

HIGH PRAIRIE, AB – The RCMP says its major crimes unit is investigating the death of an infant in northern Alberta as a homicide.

Police say they responded to a report on Oct. 6 from High Prairie Regional hospital of the sudden death of a seven-month-old boy.

Mounties say in a release that the boy died at a residence in the town about 370 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

An autopsy on Tuesday determined the death to be a homicide.