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First-degree murder charge laid in three-year-old murder case

CTV Winnipeg Published Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:29PM CST Last Updated Thursday, April 17, 2014 3:49PM CST

Heather Mallett, 14, was reported missing from the community of Wabowden the morning of June 9, 2011. (File image)

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An almost three-year-old murder case in a northern Manitoba community can move forward after police charged a suspect.

A 19-year-old man from Wabowden faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 14-year-old Heather Mallett in June 2011.

Mallett’s body was found on June 9, 2011 after she was reported missing earlier that day.

Police are not releasing the name of the suspect, who was a youth at the time of the offence. He’s due to appear in court in Thompson on April 24.