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Alberta RCMP lay charges, seek suspect wanted in 2024 O’Chiese First Nation homicide

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Alberta Mounties have laid a murder charge for a 2024 homicide on O’Chiese First Nation .

The victim was identified as Travis Strawberry , 18 , who was found dead in a wooded area in November 2024 .

Police have charged Derrick Phazar Whitford , 27 , with second -degree murder.

Whitford is also wanted on several unrelated offences, including breach of probation, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, robbery, and robbery.

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