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OPP investigating after two-year-old girl from North Spirit Nation found dead

Toddler pronounced dead at nursing station
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(NORTH SPIRIT LAKE FIRST NATION, ON) - The sudden death of a two-year-old female has sparked an OPP investigation.

On Tuesday, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service were contacted regarding a two-year-old female who had been brought into the nursing station and was subsequently pronounced dead.

The female has been identified as Aria Rose Rae, a two-year-old from North Spirit First Nation - located north of Red Lake.

Officers with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.

The post-mortem will be held in Toronto on June 15.

Anyone with information relating to this investigation is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service at 1-807-737-4045, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).


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Michael Charlebois was born and raised in Thunder Bay, where he attended St. Patrick High School and graduated in 2015. He attends Carleton University in Ottawa where he studies journalism.
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