{"id":41040,"date":"2026-09-14T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=41040"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:01:44","slug":"man-killed-in-animal-attack-on-sapotaweyak-cree-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2026\/09\/14\/man-killed-in-animal-attack-on-sapotaweyak-cree-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed in Animal Attack on Sapotaweyak Cree Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>On Sept. 9, Swan River RCMP received a report of a suspicious death on the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP responded immediately and located a deceased 21-year-old male on a community road. Officers secured the scene and RCMP Major Crime Services took carriage of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Following an autopsy, the preliminary cause of death was determined to be from an animal attack. The type of animal has not been determined.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP has notified Manitoba Conservation officials of the investigation and its findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sept. 9, Swan River RCMP received a report of a suspicious death on the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. RCMP responded immediately and located a deceased 21-year-old male on a community road. Officers secured the scene and RCMP Major Crime Services took carriage of the investigation. Following an autopsy, the preliminary cause of death was determined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-41040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}