By Canadian Press

Nunavut RCMP charge man with first-degree murder

Dec 20, 2022 | 3:18 PM

KINNGAIT, NUNAVUT — RCMP in Nunavut have charged a 39-year-old man with first-degree murder.

Police have charged Ottokie Pudluq in the death of a 33-year-old woman.

She was found dead in late November at a home in Kinngait, formerly known as Cape Dorset, a hamlet at the southern tip of Baffin Island.

Police have not released her identity.

Pudluq remains in custody and is to appear in court on Feb. 7. 

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2022. 

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