Manitoba man charged with murder in case of missing Alberta Indigenous woman

DESMARAIS, Alta. – RCMP have charged a man with second-degree murder after the remains of an Indigenous woman from northern Alberta were found in Manitoba nearly three years after she went missing.

Gloria Gladue was last seen in Wabasca, Alta., in October 2015. The 44-year-old woman was reported missing by her family a month later.

Police say her remains were found in rural Manitoba on June 17 and positively identified by the Winnipeg medical examiner.

Grant Arthur Sneesby, 68, of Gladstone, Man., was arrested in Edmonton and has been charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains.