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Manslaughter charge laid in Winnipeg woman's overdose
WINNIPEG (CBC) - A Winnipeg man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a woman who overdosed on drugs in October 2007.
Wendy Henry, 24, died Oct. 29 after she overdosed on prescription painkillers in an apartment in the 200-block of Dufferin Avenue, police said.
Charges of manslaughter and drug trafficking have been laid against a 47-year-old Winnipeg man, police said Friday.
Investigators believe the suspect gave Henry a large enough amount of the drugs to cause the overdose and her death, said Const. Jacqueline Chaput.
Chaput admitted the charge was unusual, but said police and the Crown felt there was sufficient evidence to support their case.
The move increases the official count of homicides in Winnipeg in 2007 to 27.
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