On Saturday,  Thompson RCMP received a report that a 41-year-old woman from Tataskweyak Cree Nation was missing.

She had last been seen September 27th after shopping in Thompson.

She got a ride back toward Tataskweyak Cree Nation, and was dropped off approximately one kilometre outside the community to walk home through the woods.

RCMP conducted patrols both in Thompson and in the area where investigators had been told the woman  was dropped off.

On Sunday, the officers and community members conducted searches in the wooded area surrounding the community, where the woman was located deceased.

An autopsy is being conducted and the investigation continues.