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RCMP at the scene of the suspicious death in January 2020. (CHAT News File Photo)

RCMP charge Medicine Hat man with murder for January 2020 suspicious death

Jan 17, 2022 | 10:50 AM

REDCLIFF, AB – A Medicine Hat man has been charged with murder for a suspicious death from more than two years ago.

On the morning of January 13, 2020, Redcliff RCMP began investigating after a body was found on a rural road south of Medicine Hat and east of Highway 3.

Two days later, the chief medical examiner in Calgary determined the death to be a homicide. The victim was identified as a 27-year-old man from Brooks, Alta.

No further details were released at the time and police said they did not believe there was any risk to the public.