People in McCreary, Man., grapple with triple homicide
CBC
When John Scott heard on the radio Friday that four people were found dead near the community McCreary, Man., and three of those deaths were being investigated as homicides, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Scott, a lifelong resident of the western Manitoba municipality located on east side of Riding Mountain National Park, said the incident is something he never thought would happen there. Now, he said people are trying to understand why it happened and Scott hopes investigators can help provide some answers.
"It shakes you up, but I know they got to do their job and hopefully they can get it to make sense what went on," he said. "But I don't know if you ever will."
That same shock is also shared by Municipality of McCreary Reeve Richard Sonnenberg.
"You hear about it and you expect it not to happen in your community, but here we are, it's happened," Sonnenberg told CBC News Saturday afternoon. "It's devastating for the whole community and for all the people involved."
Ste Rose du Lac RCMP responded to a call on Road 84 West in the rural municipality of McCreary at 10:10 a.m. Friday, police said at a press conference later that day.
A 41-year-old man was found dead from a self-inflicted injury at the location.
A half hour later, they were asked to do a well-being check on a 37-year-old woman.
They couldn't find her at her residence, which led them to a nearby home. RCMP said that's where they found the bodies of a 66-year-old woman and two men aged 65 and 35.
Meanwhile, the 37-year-old woman was found safe later in the afternoon and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
RCMP said during their Friday news conference they aren't looking for any other suspects and that the woman found safe and the four deceased people were all known to each other.
"We feel terrible, the whole community feels terrible," said Sonnenberg. "It's a horrible thing."
A large property on the corner of Road 84 West remained cordoned off by police tape Saturday. One vehicle from a security company sat watch, blocking the lane into the property.
A day earlier, a handful of RCMP vehicles and unmarked vehicles sat outside the property. Officers focused their attention on a grey house there and were seen going in and out of it.
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