Ebb and Flow family seeking answers after grandmother found dead in field near Winnipeg

The family of a mother and grandmother from Ebb and Flow First Nation, who was living with mobility issues and had been frequenting downtown Winnipeg homeless shelters, wants to know how she ended up dead in a field north of the city.

The family of a mother and grandmother from Ebb and Flow First Nation, who was living with mobility issues and had been frequenting downtown Winnipeg homeless shelters, wants to know how she ended up dead in a field north of the city.

The body of Lori Ann Mancheese, 53, was discovered near the intersection of Highway 8 and Grassmere Road on June 6, according to family members and the RCMP.

Eugenia Houle, Mancheese’s niece, told CTV News Winnipeg she was notified by RCMP of her aunt’s death in Ebb and Flow on June 9 but she said family members have been provided few details about the circumstances of what happened.

“It’s frustrating because we didn’t get any answers,” Houle said. “We asked what the cause of death was and they weren’t able to tell us that. We asked so many questions.”

RCMP said Monday that investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy and continue to investigate the circumstances of Mancheese’s death. But at this point, police don’t suspect any criminality is involved.

Houle said her aunt had five children and seven grandchildren. She said her aunt was an active person until her arthritis got worse which slowed her down.

She said she last saw Mancheese in Ebb and Flow, which is located about 235 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg on the western shores of Lake Manitoba, at the end of April.