Following a several-week-long investigation related to the human remains found near Clairmont, police are looking for a suspect they believe to be involved in a homicide.
According to the RCMP, when the remains of 34-year-old Echer Marcial were found on Range Road 55, an autopsy followed and the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton deemed the cause of death to be a homicide.
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes took over the investigation and have charged 37-year-old Grande Prairie resident David “Toothless” James Sietsma with first degree murder.
Sietsma’s whereabouts are currently unknown to police; however, he is believed to be in the Grande Prairie area.
Investigators are instructing the public to avoid Sietsma if he is spotted, and contact police immediately.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Sietsma is asked to contact the Grande Prairie RCMP at (780)-830-5700 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.