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A clue found at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision has led to an arrest.
Dakota Ojibway Police Service Insp. Marc Saindon says a hood ornament found at the scene came from a specific type of vehicle.
That type of car had been seen at the Birdtail First Nation, the site of the crash, before.
“People knew who this person was, or who the vehicle belonged to,” Saindon said.
“Coupled with a hood ornament there at the scene, (we) just put two and two together.”
A passerby found the body of Matthew Wayne Hanska, 22, at the Birdtail reserve on May 20.
Hanska was found beside a gravel road, commonly known as the “main road,” by a passerby around 6 a.m. to 6:30 a.m.
It’s believed he was struck by a vehicle sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
Hanska had sustained multiple serious injuries.
On May 25, with no arrest, police appealed to the public for information.
However, since then, police have managed to make an arrest based on an important clue.
Saindon said police found a hood ornament at the collision scene which they linked to a 1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
“It’s a Monte Carlo emblem which is very specific to that model only … the time span was a couple of years that just about every one of them had this hood ornament,” Saindon said.
That type of car was known by Birdtail residents to be connected to a particular person or people and had been seen on the reserve before, Saindon said.
Marceleen Joan Shingoose, 24, of the Waywayseecappo First Nation, was arrested on June 1 in Russell. She’s charged with driving while impaired by a drug causing death, criminal negligence causing death, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and dangerous driving causing death.
She’s also charged with a couple of counts of failing to abide by the conditions of a previous release order, including one for allegedly failing to abstain from drugs.
Court documents indicate that Shingoose was pending on previous charges of assault, and obstructing or resisting a peace officer, at time of the collision. She was released, and at the time of the crash was required to abstain from alcohol and abstain from drugs unless they were prescribed.
On Monday afternoon, Shingoose was granted bail on her latest charges, including those related to Hanska’s death.
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 12, 2012
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A clue found at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision has led to an arrest.
Dakota Ojibway Police Service Insp. Marc Saindon says a hood ornament found at the scene came from a specific type of vehicle.
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A clue found at the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision has led to an arrest.
Dakota Ojibway Police Service Insp. Marc Saindon says a hood ornament found at the scene came from a specific type of vehicle.
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