The Shamattawa RCMP first received a report of the missing boy at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday after he attended his school’s breakfast program but did not return to class. From that moment, the search intensified, involving resources like drones, police service dogs, and a helicopter.

A six-year-old boy who had been missing in a northeastern Manitoba First Nation since Wednesday has been found dead, Manitoba RCMP say.

A six-year-old boy from northeastern Manitoba who had been missing since last Wednesday has been found dead. Shamattawa RCMP say Johnson Redhead was found dead in a marshy area around 7:45 p.m. Sunday.

Mounties say they continue to investigate the death of a boy who had been reported missing from his school in northeastern Manitoba.