Parkland RCMP have charged a woman in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake last month.
Mounties initially said a canoe had overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton on Oct. 13.
They said a child and a woman were pulled from the water and despite life-saving efforts, the girl died at the scene.
Three days later, Mounties learned that the canoe didn’t capsize and were treating the drowning as a criminal matter.
RCMP spokesman Const. Cory Riggs says the accused isn’t related to the girl but they were from the same community.
Mary Quinn, a 35-year-old Edmonton resident, has been charged with failure to provide the necessaries of life.
Her next court appearance is November 20 in Stony Plain
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