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Preliminary hearing adjourned for woman accused of killing Ryan Piche

On May 28, 2022, at about 1:10 a.m. La Loche RCMP got a call that a badly injured Ryan Piche was being taken to hospital in someone’s vehicle.
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Ryan Ken Piche from Clearwater River Dene Nation was murdered on May 28, 2022.

LA LOCHE — A preliminary hearing has been adjourned to October in La Loche Circuit Court for 42-year-old Melissa Laprise on a second-degree murder charge. Laprise is accused of killing 49-year-old Ryan Ken Piche from Clearwater River Dene Nation.

On May 28, 2022, at about 1:10 a.m. La Loche RCMP got a call that a badly injured Piche was being taken to hospital in someone’s vehicle. Police and EMS responded right away and found Piche in a vehicle on Garson Lake Road. He was pronounced deceased by EMS.

La Loche RCMP say that an altercation had occurred at a home in Garson Lake.

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