Three arrested after human remains found northwest of Winnipeg: police
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Winnipeg police have identified the body of a person found dead in the rural municipality of Woodlands in late March, who investigators believe was the victim of a homicide.
The victim has been identified as 26-year-old Brandon Brust, police said in a news release Tuesday.
On Feb. 11, Winnipeg police say they received a request from Selkirk RCMP to assist with a missing persons investigation regarding Brandon Brust and a 22-year-old woman, who were reported missing from Scanterbury, Man., and were believed to be in Winnipeg.
The Bear Clan assisted with the search efforts. On Feb. 13, Brust's vehicle was located in Winnipeg, parked along Selkirk Avenue.
On Feb. 14, Winnipeg police said they responded to a known drug house on Pritchard Avenue after a report of suspicious circumstances.
The responding officers located several people within the residence, including a 22-year-old woman who had been seriously assaulted.
The injured woman was taken to hospital, and the remaining people in the house were detained. One of the individuals who was detained was identified as the 22-year-old woman missing from Scanterbury.
The Major Crimes Unit continued the investigation and determined that Brust had visited the Pritchard Avenue residence on Feb. 11.
Investigators later determined Bust was attacked and killed by the male resident in the Pritchard Ave residence on Feb. 11, police said during a news conference Tuesday.
His remains were subsequently removed from the residence and moved to another location.
A woman present during the incident was seriously assaulted, and another woman was threatened and forcibly confined at the scene. A sexual assault was also committed on one of the women, police said.
Investigators worked to locate Brust's remains while the suspects remained in custody.
On March 30, RCMP confirmed human remains had been located near Road 79 North in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands. Forensic analysis was able to identify the remains of Brandon Brust.
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