'She was a fun-loving person': Memorial held for 53-year-old grandmother found dead in field near Winnipeg
A memorial was held on Thursday for a 53-year-old woman who was found dead in a field north of Winnipeg on June 6.
Lori Ann Mancheese, who was a mother and grandmother from Ebb and Flow First Nation, was discovered near the intersection of Highway 8 and Grassmere Road.
According to her family, Mancheese frequented homeless shelters in Winnipeg prior to her death.
On Thursday, friends and family held a vigil in the field where she was found. They said they’ve only been provided with a few details on Mancheese’s death and want to know how she ended up in the field.
“She was a fun-loving person, always cracking a joke,” said Norma, Mancheese’s sister, at the memorial.
“Always helping, making bannock, sweeping, cleaning, laundry.”
Norma said she wants to know how her sister ended up in this location, noting her sister had mobility issues and rheumatoid arthritis.
“The last time I heard from her was May 19,” Norma said.
“That’s when she got out of the St. Boniface Hospital. Then I never heard from after, and I waited, waited. Everybody was asking me, ‘did Lori Ann call?’ Because everyone knew she was homeless.”
Norma said she wanted to see her sister’s body, but was told it was already sealed.
She added the RCMP still doesn’t have many answers about her sister’s death, but did say Mancheese didn’t die of a heart attack.
Norma said the family is considering hiring a lawyer.
“This is very disturbing. My sister could never have walked that far,” she said.
Norma said the community in Ebb and Flow is shocked by Mancheese’s death.
“We’re a very close-knit community,” she said.
On Monday, RCMP said they’re waiting for autopsy results and are investigating the circumstances of Mancheese’s death.
- With files from CTV’s Josh Crabb.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Quebec nurse had to clean up after husband's death in Montreal hospital
On a night she should have been mourning, a nurse from Quebec's Laurentians region says she was forced to clean up her husband after he died at a hospital in Montreal.
Northern Ont. lawyer who abandoned clients in child protection cases disbarred
A North Bay, Ont., lawyer who abandoned 15 clients – many of them child protection cases – has lost his licence to practise law.
Bank of Canada officials split on when to start cutting interest rates
Members of the Bank of Canada's governing council were split on how long the central bank should wait before it starts cutting interest rates when they met earlier this month.
Maple Leafs fall to Bruins in Game 3, trail series 2-1
Brad Marchand scored twice, including the winner in the third period, and added an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Wednesday
Cuban government apologizes to Montreal-area family after delivering wrong body
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
'It was instant karma': Viral video captures failed theft attempt in Nanaimo, B.C.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
What is changing about Canada's capital gains tax and how does it impact me?
The federal government's proposed change to capital gains taxation is expected to increase taxes on investments and mainly affect wealthy Canadians and businesses. Here's what you need to know about the move.
New Indigenous loan guarantee program a 'really big deal,' Freeland says at Toronto conference
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was among the 1,700 delegates attending the two-day First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference that concluded Tuesday in Toronto.
'Life was not fair to him': Daughter of N.B. man exonerated of murder remembers him as a kind soul
The daughter of a New Brunswick man recently exonerated from murder, is remembering her father as somebody who, despite a wrongful conviction, never became bitter or angry.