Murder charges laid after 20-year-old man found dead on Cote First Nation

RCMP have laid murder charges after a man was found dead in a home on the Cote First Nation.

Mounties say 20-year-old Chad Cote was dead when officers arrived at the home Saturday night.

Chester Whitehawk, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder in the case. He’ll make his first court appearance Tuesday morning.

RCMP say Whitehawk and Cote knew each other, and both were from the First Nation.