Police are investigating a woman's death near Fort St. James.
RCMP say in a news release that they received a call early Thursday about an injured female on the Yekooche reserve, located about 85 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James.
Officers arrived to find that an adult woman had died.
According to North District RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson, Mounties were summoned at 1:53 a.m. Thursday.
"Fort St. James RCMP received a report of an injured female on the Yekooche Reserve approximately one and a half hours west of Fort St. James," Saunderson said. "Upon police arrival the adult female was deceased."
The attending Mounties called in the North District Major Crime Unit because "the death appeared to be suspicious in nature." Those specialists were on the scene within hours of the incident's first report.
"To protect the integrity of the investigation, no further information will be released at this time," said Saunderson. She asked that if anyone had information that could help the investigation into the fatality to please call the Fort St. James RCMP at 250-996-8269 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
