Three men charged with murder of Manitoba woman after years-long investigation
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WINNIPEG – Three men have been charged with killing a Manitoba woman who disappeared in 2020 and whose remains were found three years later on an abandoned property near the Saskatchewan boundary.
RCMP said Monday the three men were all known to Melinda Lynxleg, of Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve, also known as Valley River First Nation, and one was a close relative.
“This is an extremely complex investigation,” Sgt. Morgan Page of the RCMP major crimes section told reporters.
“We’ve been working with our lab and with all of the witnesses and the people surrounding Melinda at the time of her death,” she added later.
Lynxleg, a 40-year-old mother of six, was last seen at a residence near Grandview, Man., in April 2020. Her body was found in June 2023 on a property in San Clara — about 50 kilometres away — that had historical ties to at least one of the accused, RCMP said Monday.
RCMP did not go into detail about what led to the arrests but said the investigation is ongoing. The three accused — Kirk Kenneth Allarie, 42, Myles Malcolm Allarie, 38, and Billy Jay Lynxleg, 46 — all knew the victim and Billy Jay Lynxleg was a close relative, Page said.
The men have been charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains and have been remanded in custody. The men are alleged to have moved the victim’s body.
The victim’s family said the sorrow of losing Melinda has not gone away.
“We can finally breathe again, knowing justice is served, but the pain of losing Melinda will never fade,” the family said in a statement read by RCMP.
“Our tears are not only of sadness but also of anger for what was done to her and to us. To those responsible, we cannot offer forgiveness. The choices you made took someone from us who can never be replaced.”
Tootinaowaziibeeng Chief Barry McKay said the death has affected everyone in the community.
“It’s very hard on all our families back home because we’re all as one,” he said.
In the years following Lynxleg’s disappearance, RCMP continued to provide updates on their investigation. In April, they announced that new information had provided “forward momentum” in the case.
The probe involved more than 60 officers, more than 150 interviews and statements, and is ongoing. More interviews are expected in the coming days based on information gathered during the time of the recent arrests, Page said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2025.