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Employees at a rural Manitoba recycling facility discovered the body of an elderly woman on Wednesday while sorting through cardboard.
Investigators from the Stonewall RCMP detachment were called Wednesday morning to the BFI cardboard recycling facility in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, about 10 kilometres outside Winnipeg's city limits.
Employees in the facility found the body at about 9 a.m. and were quite shaken up, RCMP spokesman Const. Miles Hiebert said.
"Anyone in that situation would be shocked," he said, noting the initial investigation indicates the body was in a cardboard recycling bin that had been picked up in Winnipeg.
The elderly woman has not been identified yet, RCMP said. Investigators will be looking through missing-persons lists to help identify the woman.
"We'll cover all bases," Hiebert said. "This particular set of circumstances is unique. I haven't run across this or heard of it myself, but it's occurred and we'll try to get to the bottom of it."
Employees at the recycling plant acted appropriately in the circumstances, he added.
"They called the police. We were able to get out there and make sure that everything was contained and nothing was disturbed. We were able to have a good idea of what had transpired."
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday in Winnipeg.
Hiebert said the families of any women who recently went missing are encouraged to call RCMP.
"If someone has information about someone who is missing or recently gone missing or hasn't shown up in the last day or so, ... certainly RCMP would very much appreciate if they could call," Hiebert said.
Investigators from the Stonewall RCMP detachment were called Wednesday morning to the BFI cardboard recycling facility in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, about 10 kilometres outside Winnipeg's city limits.
Employees in the facility found the body at about 9 a.m. and were quite shaken up, RCMP spokesman Const. Miles Hiebert said.
"Anyone in that situation would be shocked," he said, noting the initial investigation indicates the body was in a cardboard recycling bin that had been picked up in Winnipeg.
The elderly woman has not been identified yet, RCMP said. Investigators will be looking through missing-persons lists to help identify the woman.
"We'll cover all bases," Hiebert said. "This particular set of circumstances is unique. I haven't run across this or heard of it myself, but it's occurred and we'll try to get to the bottom of it."
Employees at the recycling plant acted appropriately in the circumstances, he added.
"They called the police. We were able to get out there and make sure that everything was contained and nothing was disturbed. We were able to have a good idea of what had transpired."
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday in Winnipeg.
Hiebert said the families of any women who recently went missing are encouraged to call RCMP.
"If someone has information about someone who is missing or recently gone missing or hasn't shown up in the last day or so, ... certainly RCMP would very much appreciate if they could call," Hiebert said.
