RCMP investigate two deaths in western Nunavut town

Two young people are dead in the western Nunavut town of Kugluktuk, shown here, in what sources say was a murder-suicide reported to police Aug. 3. (FILE PHOTO)

People in the western Nunavut town of Kugluktuk say they are stunned by the Aug. 3 deaths of two local youths.

Sources in the community have told Nunatsiaq News the two deceased persons are a young man, aged about 20, and a girl of about 14.

The deaths, they say, are due to a murder-suicide, in which the young man killed himself after killing the girl.

An Aug. 3 news release from the RCMP in Nunavut confirms that at about 10:15 a.m. Aug. 3, members of the Kugluktuk RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious death at a residence in this community of about 1,500.

At the scene, the officers discovered the bodies of “two individuals,” the police news release said.

The RCMP provided no identification of the deceased persons.

The Kugluktuk RCMP along with the members from the Major Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Section are investigating and continue to work with the Office of the Chief Coroner, police said.

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