RCMP response to missing Saskatchewan Indigenous man found dead under review

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — An independent investigation will be done into how the RCMP responded to a call that an Indigenous man had walked away from a care home in northern Saskatchewan.

Police say the 59-year-old missing man was found dead along a rural road on Dec. 27 — the morning after he disappeared from the home outside Prince Albert.

Local Mounties say in a release that foul play is not suspected, but an initial review determined that their response “may not have been sufficient.”

The Saskatoon Police Service is to conduct the external review.