Alberta RCMP say a homicide investigation is underway after a young man from O’Chiese First Nation was found dead in a field last week.
Mounties were called to the First Nation, about 65 kilometres northwest of Rocky Mountain House, on Friday after receiving reports of a body in a field.
Officers arrived to find a 21-year-old man with injuries who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have confirmed the death is a homicide after the body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
RCMP is asking if anyone who has information to contact investigators at 403-845-2881, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.