Missing six-year-old boy in Manitoba found dead: RCMP
Posted September 23, 2024 11:28 am.
A six-year-old boy from northeastern Manitoba who had been missing since last Wednesday has been found dead.
Shamattawa RCMP say Johnson Redhead was found dead in a marshy area around 7:45 p.m. Sunday.
RCMP say Redhead’s body was found about 3.5 kilometres from his school on the remote First Nation.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the family and community mourning the loss of this little boy, taken far too soon,” Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wrote on X. “This unimaginable tragedy will be felt deeply by many, and our hearts are with you all during this difficult time.”
Police have said Redhead was at school Wednesday morning but didn’t make it to class after a breakfast program.
In addition to the RCMP, search and rescue teams from Winnipeg travelled to Shamattawa to look for Redhead.
The Canadian Rangers had also been participating in the search.
