Three arrested in Wikwemikong murder case

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************************ Police investigating homicide in Wikwemikong

Police make arrests

WIKWEMIKONG, ON – (January 27) - Police have arrested three men from Wikwemikong in connection with the murder of a local man.

On January 25, 2009 at approximately 2:01 p.m.

Wikwemikong Tribal Police received a 911 call of a male found dead inside a residence on Wikwemikong Way on the Wikwemikong Reserve.

Officers from Wikwemikong Tribal Police, and Sudbury Area Ambulance medics responded to the residence.

An intensive investigation into this occurrence led police to determine that the victim had been murdered.

Three local men were identified as suspects in this homicide and were subsequently arrested.

On January 26, 2009 Travis Esquimaux, 22 years, of Wikwemikong was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

Later that day, police arrested the two other suspects in connection with this investigation.

These suspects will be identified once formal charges have been laid.

The police would like to advise the community that, although the investigation is still ongoing, it is believed that all the persons responsible for this murder have been apprehended.

The name of the victim is not being released at this time pending a positive identification of the victim.

An autopsy on the victim has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 27 at Sudbury Regional Hospital.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Northeast Region Crime Unit and the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) under the direction of Detective Inspector Bernie Murphy of CIB are assisting with the investigation at the request of the Wikwemikong Tribal Police.

Police are asking anyone that may have information in relation to this investigation to call police at 1-888-310-1122.

The investigation is continuing and further information will be released as it becomes available.

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