Victim identified in Moose Factory death investigation
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) announced Wednesday they were investigating the death of a 21-year-old who was found with critical injuries in a small First Nation community on the James Bay Coast on Tuesday.
A recent photo of Loni Chum. (Photo courtesy of Delilah Chum)
On Sunday, police identified the deceased as Loni Chum of Moose Cree First Nation.
Both OPP and NAPS are asking anyone with any surveillance or dash cam footage of Moose Factory between Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 8 a.m. to contact police.
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Officers were called to Jaban Street in Moose Factory First Nation around 3 a.m. Nov. 7 and found the victim with life-threatening injuries, OPP said in the news release.
The victim was taken by ambulance to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
OPP spokesperson Kyler Brouwer told CTV News in an email earlier this week that they cannot confirm the details about how the victim was hurt.
The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the James Bay OPP crime unit in partnership with NAPS under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch with assistance from other OPP teams.
A post-mortem is being conducted by Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Anyone with information released to the incident should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
A photo of victim Loni Chum at a recent birthday. (Photo courtesy of Delilah Chum)
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