Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigate homicide in Oyen

On September 17, 2024, at approximately 11:14 a.m., Oyen RCMP were dispatched to a location where clothing and other personal effects were located in a treeline along a rural road. The matter was deemed suspicious, and the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit was dispatched to the area and has taken charge of the investigation. Upon further search of the location, an adult victim was located deceased. The deceased has been identified as a 28-year-old female resident of Lethbridge, Alta.

RCMP have arrested and charged 61-year-old Garry Dean Brown, a resident of Vulcan County, with second-degree murder.

Brown was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded into custody. His next court date is September 25, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Hanna.